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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Seema Malhotra

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 Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,229 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,169 different votes 1,229 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
11 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 22 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 23 No
Education 5% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
33 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 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
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.0% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.0% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
Contributions
333
+189.5 vs Commons average
Rank 49 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
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
183 of 211 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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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