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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Rushanara Ali

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 Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,375 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 1,308 different votes 1,375 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
6 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 13 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 25 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 64 shared votes
43 Aye 21 No
62 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 124 shared votes
63 Aye 61 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 115 No
Tax 0% aligned 169 shared votes
115 Aye 54 No
24 Aye 33 No
Housing 0% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
56.6% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
787
43.4% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% 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
46
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
Contributions
43
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 534 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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