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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Paula Barker

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Paula Barker voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 922 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 886 different votes 922 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
13 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 12 No
Transport 6% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
51 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 103 shared votes
52 Aye 51 No
59 Aye 27 No
Migration 3% aligned 86 shared votes
24 Aye 62 No
9 Aye 22 No
Education 3% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 32 No
Defence 0% aligned 62 shared votes
32 Aye 30 No
16 Aye 32 No
Housing 0% aligned 48 shared votes
32 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 24 No
Trade 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

146
+62.4 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
Appearances
80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
182
+36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650
Contributions
82
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API