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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Valerie Vaz

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 Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,382 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 1,310 different votes 1,382 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 14 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
70 Aye 105 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 175 shared votes
108 Aye 67 No
24 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 63 shared votes
42 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 19 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 41 No
Education 4% aligned 57 shared votes
43 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 71 shared votes
34 Aye 37 No
28 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 33 No
Housing 0% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 22 No
Benefits 0% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Appearances
29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
Contributions
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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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