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Alex Sobel vs Ian Roome

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Ian Roome voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 218 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 172 different votes 218 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
8 Aye 4 No
Housing 58% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 4 No
Energy 50% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 8 No
Benefits 26% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
21 Aye 24 No
Tax 2% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 5 No
Education 4% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 13 No
Defence 5% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 17% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.8%
1% below average
Rank 388 of 650
Participation
54.1%
19% below average
Rank 611 of 650
1,530
2,132 eligible divisions
Total votes
325
601 eligible divisions
829
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
181
55.7% of votes cast
701
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
144
44.3% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

115
+29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 650
Appearances
102
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 650
143
-6.1 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 650
Contributions
128
-21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 259 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
£156,328
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£156,328
31% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 5 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 70 votes
#4
Education
35 of 50 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
22 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API