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Alex Sobel vs Graeme Downie

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Graeme Downie voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 290 shared comparable votes.

285 same votes 5 different votes 290 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
22 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 83% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 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
63.8%
8% below average
Rank 529 of 650
1,561
2,167 eligible divisions
Total votes
406
636 eligible divisions
846
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
183
45.1% of votes cast
715
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
223
54.9% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

127
+31.1 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 650
Appearances
88
-7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
169
+1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Contributions
117
-50.1 vs Commons average
Rank 340 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
£234,085
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£234,085
3% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Defence
29 of 34 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API