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Alex Sobel vs Cat Smith

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Cat Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,278 shared comparable votes.

1,275 same votes 3 different votes 1,278 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
90 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 155 shared votes
90 Aye 65 No
97 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 154 shared votes
97 Aye 57 No
37 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 130 shared votes
37 Aye 93 No
49 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 110 shared votes
49 Aye 61 No
27 Aye 30 No
Transport 100% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 21 No
Benefits 96% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
90 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 155 shared votes
90 Aye 65 No
97 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 154 shared votes
97 Aye 57 No
37 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 130 shared votes
37 Aye 93 No
49 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 110 shared votes
49 Aye 61 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 384 of 649
Participation
72.5%
same as average
Rank 368 of 649
1,518
2,117 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,372 eligible divisions
823
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
928
54.0% of votes cast
695
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
792
46.0% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

105
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
Appearances
19
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
133
-7.5 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 649
Contributions
26
-114.5 vs Commons average
Rank 583 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
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API