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Alex Sobel vs Dave Doogan

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Dave Doogan voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 591 shared comparable votes.

529 same votes 62 different votes 591 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
19 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 18 No
Trade 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 32 No
Tax 65% aligned 91 shared votes
63 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 6 No
Energy 67% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 81% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 87% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 7 No
Transport 87% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 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
48.2%
24% below average
Rank 624 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
799
1,658 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
433
54.2% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
366
45.8% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

114
+30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 649
Appearances
92
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 649
142
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 649
Contributions
156
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 194 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
£1,355,209
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£322,192
42% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
53 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 41 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
121 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API