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Alex Sobel vs Al Carns

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Al Carns voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 226 shared comparable votes.

220 same votes 6 different votes 226 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
29 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
2 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 7 No
Transport 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 80% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
29 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

72.0%
same as average
Rank 374 of 650
Participation
52.5%
20% below average
Rank 616 of 650
1,561
2,167 eligible divisions
Total votes
334
636 eligible divisions
846
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
159
47.6% of votes cast
715
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
175
52.4% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

129
+32.0 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650
Appearances
96
-1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 650
171
+1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 650
Contributions
298
+128.8 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£170,101
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£170,101
25% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
2
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

NHS / Health
47 of 52 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#3
Housing
22 of 33 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Defence
22 of 34 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API