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Alex Sobel vs Ayoub Khan

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

Photograph of Alex Sobel
Alex Sobel
Lab Leeds Central and Headingley
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Photograph of Ayoub Khan
Ayoub Khan
Ind Birmingham Perry Barr

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Ayoub Khan voted the same way 49% of the time, based on 162 shared comparable votes.

80 same votes 82 different votes 162 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
5 Aye 3 No
Energy 75% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 63% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 5 No
Transport 57% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 56% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
14 Aye 9 No
Tax 35% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 44% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 6 No
Benefits 47% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

71.7%
1% below average
Rank 388 of 649
Participation
38.1%
34% below average
Rank 636 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
225
590 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
137
60.9% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
88
39.1% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

114
+30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 649
Appearances
160
+76.3 vs Commons average
Rank 53 of 649
142
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 649
Contributions
221
+75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£134,216
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£134,216
41% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
7 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
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Benefits
21 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
9 of 13 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
11 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API