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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Stephen Doughty

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 Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Stephen Doughty voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,197 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,128 different votes 1,197 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
13 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 55 shared votes
38 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
56 Aye 45 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 101 shared votes
47 Aye 54 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 100 No
Tax 0% aligned 147 shared votes
100 Aye 47 No
32 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
906
57.3% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.7% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
19
1.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 649
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
Contributions
349
+205.5 vs Commons average
Rank 46 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
£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£294,894
30% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
55 of 71 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 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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