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Alex Sobel vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 938 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 893 different votes 938 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 13% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 8 No
Energy 6% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
34 Aye 91 No
Migration 5% aligned 125 shared votes
85 Aye 40 No
10 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 16 No
Benefits 3% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
8 Aye 30 No
11 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

111
+28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
139
-4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
Contributions
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API