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Alex Sobel vs Dr Beccy Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Dr Beccy Cooper voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 321 shared comparable votes.

316 same votes 5 different votes 321 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
35 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 54 shared votes
35 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 11 No
Benefits 88% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
35 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 54 shared votes
35 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

72.0%
same as average
Rank 374 of 650
Participation
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 293 of 650
1,561
2,167 eligible divisions
Total votes
481
636 eligible divisions
846
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
247
51.4% of votes cast
715
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
234
48.6% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

127
+31.1 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 650
Appearances
48
-47.9 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 650
169
+1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Contributions
66
-101.1 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,147
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£235,147
4% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
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

NHS / Health
47 of 52 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API