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Alex Sobel vs James Wild

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 James Wild
James Wild
Con North West Norfolk

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and James Wild voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 996 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 955 different votes 996 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
11 Aye 9 No
Energy 5% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
44 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 105 shared votes
60 Aye 45 No
36 Aye 81 No
Migration 3% aligned 117 shared votes
78 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
35 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 44 shared votes
9 Aye 35 No
20 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 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 388 of 649
Participation
85.9%
13% above average
Rank 78 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,425
1,658 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
709
49.8% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
716
50.2% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.9% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

114
+30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 650
Appearances
133
+49.4 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 650
142
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
Contributions
244
+98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 91 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
£985,585
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£228,734
1% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Trade
51 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 70 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 1 Mar 2024
Tax
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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