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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Paulette Hamilton

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

Photograph of Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold
vs
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 564 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 539 different votes 564 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
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 7 No
Transport 7% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
48 Aye 22 No
Migration 4% aligned 70 shared votes
19 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 57 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
57 Aye 30 No
11 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 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
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 299 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
883
1,170 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
435
49.3% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

146
+62.4 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
Appearances
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 650
182
+36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650
Contributions
82
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 398 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
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Work / Employment
57 of 63 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Education
55 of 61 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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