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Alex Sobel vs Esther McVey

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 Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Esther McVey voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,045 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 999 different votes 1,045 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
10 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
41 Aye 47 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 88 shared votes
50 Aye 38 No
13 Aye 14 No
Benefits 7% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 5% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
85 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 134 shared votes
49 Aye 85 No
34 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
21 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 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
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

114
+30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 650
Appearances
110
+26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
142
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
Contributions
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
2
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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
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