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Alex Sobel vs Gareth Snell

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 Gareth Snell
Gareth Snell
Lab Stoke-on-Trent Central

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Gareth Snell voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 723 shared comparable votes.

703 same votes 20 different votes 723 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
68 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 120 shared votes
68 Aye 52 No
32 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
32 Aye 24 No
31 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
31 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 9 No
Benefits 93% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
67 Aye 35 No
Brexit / EU 93% aligned 102 shared votes
66 Aye 36 No
20 Aye 14 No
Transport 94% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
68 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 120 shared votes
68 Aye 52 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
87.3%
15% above average
Rank 49 of 650
1,561
2,167 eligible divisions
Total votes
555
636 eligible divisions
846
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
274
49.4% of votes cast
715
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
281
50.6% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

127
+31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 650
Appearances
206
+110.4 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 650
169
+2.6 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Contributions
322
+155.6 vs Commons average
Rank 71 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
£797,891
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£176,059
22% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 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
Migration
13 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye rebel
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Gov Amdt 22 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye rebel
Aye
Amendment (a) to the Business of the House motion 3 Apr 2019
Transport
No rebel
Aye
Business of the House motion 1 Apr 2019
Transport
No rebel
Aye
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
No rebel
Aye
Nick Boles's motion D (Common Market 2.0) 1 Apr 2019
No rebel
Aye
Joanna Cherry's motion G (Parliamentary Supremacy) 1 Apr 2019
No rebel
Aye
Joanna Cherry's motion L (Revocation to avoid no deal) 27 Mar 2019
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Draft Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026 4 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Housing (Tenancy Deposit Schemes) Order 2026 4 Nov 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
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