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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Peter Dowd

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 Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Peter Dowd voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,241 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 1,179 different votes 1,241 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
12 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
67 Aye 100 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 167 shared votes
103 Aye 64 No
65 Aye 47 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 112 shared votes
49 Aye 63 No
44 Aye 33 No
Migration 5% aligned 77 shared votes
31 Aye 46 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 19 No
Benefits 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 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
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Appearances
40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
Contributions
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
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