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Alex Sobel vs Dr Ben Spencer

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Dr Ben Spencer voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 956 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 915 different votes 956 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
19 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 9 No
Energy 5% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
35 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 85 shared votes
49 Aye 36 No
30 Aye 92 No
Migration 2% aligned 122 shared votes
89 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
36 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 47 shared votes
11 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 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
82.1%
10% above average
Rank 155 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
655
48.1% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
707
51.9% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

114
+30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 650
Appearances
107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
142
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
Contributions
220
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 119 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
£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£263,058
16% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
2
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
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Migration
141 of 154 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

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