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Alex Sobel vs David Davis

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 David Davis
David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and David Davis voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 1,053 shared comparable votes.

99 same votes 954 different votes 1,053 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
32 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 18% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No
32 Aye 76 No
Migration 18% aligned 108 shared votes
65 Aye 43 No
24 Aye 26 No
Trade 16% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 13 No
Benefits 11% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 27 No
Defence 10% aligned 51 shared votes
32 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 9 No
Energy 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 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
64.8%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,539
2,376 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
720
46.8% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
819
53.2% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
93
6.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
18 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jul 2008

Debates

107
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
135
-7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 649
Contributions
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 388 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
£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£277,187
23% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
Brexit / EU
198 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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