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Alex Sobel vs Bill Esterson
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Alex Sobel and Bill Esterson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,265 shared comparable votes.
1,262 same votes
3 different votes
1,265 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
71.7%
1% below average
Participation
71.1%
2% below average
1,518
2,117 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,372 eligible divisions
823
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
695
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
105
+24.4 vs Commons average
Appearances
58
-22.6 vs Commons average
133
-7.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
81
-59.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
No
Aye
rebel
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API