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Alex Sobel vs Graham Stuart

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 Graham Stuart
Graham Stuart
Con Beverley and Holderness

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Graham Stuart voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,197 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,156 different votes 1,197 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
9 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 13 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
80 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 137 shared votes
54 Aye 83 No
37 Aye 77 No
Migration 4% aligned 114 shared votes
75 Aye 39 No
51 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 100 shared votes
52 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 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 391 of 649
Participation
76.3 %
4 % above average
Rank 279 of 649
1,504
2,099 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,354 eligible divisions
820
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
844
47.0 % of votes cast
684
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
953
53.0 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

104
+28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 649
Appearances
112
+36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
131
-2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 649
Contributions
305
+171.7 vs Commons average
Rank 54 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
£2,872,623
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£299,689
32 % above average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
6 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
186 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Trade
77 of 89 votes
Migration
139 of 161 votes
#3
Energy
57 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
137 of 169 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
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 Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
No
Representation of the People (Postal and Proxy Voting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 12 Sep 2023
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
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