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Alex Sobel vs Gavin Robinson

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
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Gavin Robinson
DUP Belfast East

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Gavin Robinson voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 1,052 shared comparable votes.

250 same votes 802 different votes 1,052 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
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 46% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 60 No
Migration 46% aligned 79 shared votes
44 Aye 35 No
30 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 41% aligned 49 shared votes
17 Aye 32 No
12 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 38% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 36% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 7 No
Education 8% aligned 40 shared votes
10 Aye 30 No
11 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 25 No
Trade 13% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
87 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 13% aligned 147 shared votes
55 Aye 92 No
87 Aye 42 No
Tax 13% aligned 129 shared votes
55 Aye 74 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 389 of 649
Participation
64.6 %
8 % below average
Rank 523 of 649
1,509
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,525
2,361 eligible divisions
822
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
772
50.6 % of votes cast
687
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
753
49.4 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.5 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

103
+25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Appearances
62
-16.0 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
129
-9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
Contributions
100
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,803,428
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£220,061
3 % below average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
61 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
71 of 91 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
177 of 230 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
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
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Mental Health Bill Report Stage New Clause 26 14 Oct 2025
NHS / Health
No
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 64 8 Sep 2025
Housing
Aye
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