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Alex Sobel vs Claire Coutinho

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 Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 920 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 885 different votes 920 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
18 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 8 No
Energy 6% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 14 No
Benefits 4% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
45 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 104 shared votes
59 Aye 45 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 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
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

114
+30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 650
Appearances
53
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 650
142
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
Contributions
108
-37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 321 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
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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