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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Steve Witherden

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 Steve Witherden
Steve Witherden
Lab Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Steve Witherden voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 277 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 275 different votes 277 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
8 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
25 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
41 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
41 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

72.1%
same as average
Rank 380 of 650
Participation
80.0%
8% above average
Rank 195 of 650
1,734
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
495
619 eligible divisions
799
46.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
50.9% of votes cast
935
53.9% of votes cast
No votes
243
49.1% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

146
+57.2 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Appearances
60
-28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
182
+27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 650
Contributions
77
-77.6 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
203 of 212 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Trade
86 of 94 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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