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Alex Sobel vs Dawn Butler

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 Dawn Butler
Dawn Butler
Lab Brent East

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Dawn Butler voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,097 shared comparable votes.

1,092 same votes 5 different votes 1,097 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
91 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 152 shared votes
91 Aye 61 No
93 Aye 55 No
Tax 100% aligned 148 shared votes
93 Aye 55 No
28 Aye 69 No
Migration 100% aligned 97 shared votes
28 Aye 69 No
45 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 94 shared votes
45 Aye 49 No
24 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 16 No
Benefits 97% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
91 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 152 shared votes
91 Aye 61 No
93 Aye 55 No
Tax 100% aligned 148 shared votes
93 Aye 55 No
28 Aye 69 No
Migration 100% aligned 97 shared votes
28 Aye 69 No
45 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 94 shared votes
45 Aye 49 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.5 %
1 % below average
Rank 399 of 647
Participation
64.6 %
8 % below average
Rank 529 of 647
1,483
2,073 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,503
2,328 eligible divisions
812
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
836
55.6 % of votes cast
671
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
667
44.4 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
23
1.5 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

88
+23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 647
Appearances
54
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 647
103
-11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 647
Contributions
60
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£287,721
27 % above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
172 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Transport
69 of 91 votes
Migration
139 of 161 votes
#3
Education
72 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 88 votes
Defence
47 of 59 votes
#5
Work / Employment
54 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
No rebel
Aye
Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No.2) 25 Mar 2021
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API