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Alex Sobel vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Bob Blackman voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,354 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 1,307 different votes 1,354 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
23 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 31 No
Trade 7% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 13 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 12 No
Housing 4% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
56 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 118 shared votes
63 Aye 55 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 96 No
Migration 0% aligned 132 shared votes
96 Aye 36 No
38 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
21 Aye 38 No
25 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
40 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 52 shared votes
12 Aye 40 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 391 of 649
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 48 of 649
1,504
2,099 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,070
2,354 eligible divisions
820
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
972
47.0 % of votes cast
684
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,098
53.0 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

104
+28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 649
Appearances
142
+66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 649
131
-2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 649
Contributions
168
+34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 152 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38 % above average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Migration
139 of 161 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 89 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
155 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API