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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Rachel Reeves

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 Rachel Reeves
Rachel Reeves
Lab Leeds West and Pudsey

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Rachel Reeves voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 952 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 905 different votes 952 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 16 No
Education 10% aligned 21 shared votes
18 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
4 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
63 Aye 101 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 164 shared votes
104 Aye 60 No
12 Aye 26 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 20 No
Migration 0% aligned 79 shared votes
20 Aye 59 No
17 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 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
50.0%
23% below average
Rank 622 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,189
2,376 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
680
57.2% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
509
42.8% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Appearances
67
-15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 649
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
Contributions
535
+391.5 vs Commons average
Rank 17 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
£3,061,546
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£291,343
29% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
115 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
43 of 69 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
56 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 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
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Aye
Public Order Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 18 Oct 2022
Crime / Justice
Aye
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