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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Taiwo Owatemi

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 Taiwo Owatemi
Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 796 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 759 different votes 796 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 7 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
46 Aye 28 No
Migration 4% aligned 74 shared votes
25 Aye 49 No
22 Aye 10 No
Transport 3% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
48 Aye 47 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 95 shared votes
47 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 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
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,237
1,658 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
659
53.3% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
578
46.7% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Appearances
5
-77.3 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 649
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
Contributions
5
-138.5 vs Commons average
Rank 629 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above 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
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
152 of 174 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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