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Sir John Whittingdale vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon
vs
Photograph of Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,528 shared comparable votes.

1,515 same votes 13 different votes 1,528 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
68 Aye 111 No
Tax 100% aligned 179 shared votes
68 Aye 111 No
68 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 128 shared votes
68 Aye 60 No
77 Aye 40 No
Migration 100% aligned 117 shared votes
77 Aye 40 No
38 Aye 41 No
Trade 100% aligned 79 shared votes
38 Aye 41 No
29 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
70 Aye 126 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 196 shared votes
74 Aye 122 No
11 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 36 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 54 shared votes
20 Aye 34 No
35 Aye 26 No
Transport 98% aligned 61 shared votes
34 Aye 27 No
68 Aye 111 No
Tax 100% aligned 179 shared votes
68 Aye 111 No

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

Voting record

80.3%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 650
Participation
72.0%
same as average
Rank 381 of 650
1,920
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,390 eligible divisions
918
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
1,002
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

78
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
Appearances
145
+58.1 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 650
112
-39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
Contributions
181
+29.6 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
65 of 70 votes
Trade
85 of 94 votes
#3
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
86 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
draft Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022 11 Jul 2022
Transport
No rebel
No
Health and Care Bill: Government Amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendment 92 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
Aye rebel
No
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sept 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye rebel
No rebel
That this House agrees with Lords Amendments 2 to 18 to the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill 18 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House New Clause 10 (Creasy) 9 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye rebel
Aye rebel
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Amdt 1 - Main 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No rebel
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Gov Amdt 22 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
Aye rebel
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee NC4 - Cash 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No rebel
Draft European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Exit Day) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 27 Mar 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
No
UK's withdrawal from the EU: Prime Minister's motion 14 Mar 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye rebel
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
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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