Compare

Alex Sobel vs Dr Kieran Mullan

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 Dr Kieran Mullan
Dr Kieran Mullan
Con Bexhill and Battle

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Dr Kieran Mullan voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,007 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 968 different votes 1,007 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
12 Aye 18 No
Trade 7% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 8 No
Energy 6% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
48 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 109 shared votes
60 Aye 49 No
23 Aye 16 No
Benefits 3% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
35 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 45 shared votes
10 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 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
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 103 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,404
1,658 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
688
49.0% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
716
51.0% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% 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
136
+52.4 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
142
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
Contributions
541
+395.3 vs Commons average
Rank 17 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
£1,272,613
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£301,859
33% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
147 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
164 of 174 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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