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Alex Sobel vs Brian Mathew

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
vs
Photograph of Brian Mathew
Brian Mathew
LD Melksham and Devizes

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Brian Mathew voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 254 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 211 different votes 254 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
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 37% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
10 Aye 8 No
Benefits 22% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
28 Aye 32 No
2 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
25 Aye 7 No
Education 3% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
1 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 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
65.5%
7% below average
Rank 509 of 649
1,513
2,110 eligible divisions
Total votes
379
579 eligible divisions
823
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
50.4% of votes cast
690
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
188
49.6% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.9% of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

103
+24.2 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
Appearances
81
+2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 649
129
-8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 649
Contributions
91
-46.5 vs Commons average
Rank 349 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
£157,740
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£157,740
30% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
25 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API