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Alex Sobel vs David Smith
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Alex Sobel and David Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 302 shared comparable votes.
298 same votes
4 different votes
302 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
72.0%
same as average
Participation
71.3%
1% below average
1,557
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
450
631 eligible divisions
843
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
222
49.3% of votes cast
714
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
228
50.7% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
16
3.6% 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
Appearances
96
+1.5 vs Commons average
169
+4.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
138
-26.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£182,965
19% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
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rebel
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rebel
No
No
Aye
rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API