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Alex Sobel vs Ed Davey

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Ed Davey voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 999 shared comparable votes.

861 same votes 138 different votes 999 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
92 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 154 shared votes
92 Aye 62 No
37 Aye 65 No
Migration 98% aligned 102 shared votes
35 Aye 67 No
15 Aye 29 No
Trade 95% aligned 44 shared votes
15 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 93% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 6 No
Education 40% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 65% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
85 Aye 45 No
Tax 68% aligned 130 shared votes
83 Aye 47 No
5 Aye 11 No
Housing 75% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 13 No
Defence 77% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

71.7 %
2 % below average
Rank 399 of 648
Participation
60.9 %
12 % below average
Rank 575 of 648
1,474
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,253
2,057 eligible divisions
810
55.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
699
55.8 % of votes cast
664
45.0 % of votes cast
No votes
554
44.2 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

84
+24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 648
Appearances
49
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 648
98
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 648
Contributions
82
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30 % above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
170 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
139 of 161 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 161 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Defence
47 of 59 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 193 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API