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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Sonia Kumar

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 Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 260 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 258 different votes 260 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
28 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
42 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
42 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

72.4%
1% above average
Rank 363 of 649
Participation
82.1%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,714
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
478
582 eligible divisions
786
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
249
52.1% of votes cast
928
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
229
47.9% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

135
+55.0 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 649
Appearances
99
+19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
173
+33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
Contributions
110
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 294 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
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
61 of 66 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API