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Alex Sobel vs Chris Bloore

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 Chris Bloore
Chris Bloore
Lab Redditch

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Chris Bloore voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 311 shared comparable votes.

307 same votes 4 different votes 311 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
27 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 6 No
Benefits 94% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
27 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

72.0%
same as average
Rank 380 of 650
Participation
71.9%
same as average
Rank 383 of 650
1,557
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
454
631 eligible divisions
843
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
48.5% of votes cast
714
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
234
51.5% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

127
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 650
Appearances
112
+17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
169
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 650
Contributions
127
-37.6 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£167,691
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£167,691
26% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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

NHS / Health
47 of 52 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#3
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API