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Alex Sobel vs Jeremy Corbyn

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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Jeremy Corbyn
YP Islington North

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Jeremy Corbyn voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 1,101 shared comparable votes.

1,025 same votes 76 different votes 1,101 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
86 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 149 shared votes
86 Aye 63 No
28 Aye 94 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
28 Aye 94 No
16 Aye 27 No
Trade 100% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 5 No
Education 67% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 14 No
Housing 74% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
24 Aye 21 No
Defence 80% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 10 No
Energy 86% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
46 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 88% aligned 105 shared votes
45 Aye 60 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
62.3%
10% below average
Rank 553 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,481
2,376 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
822
55.5% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
659
44.5% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

114
+30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 649
Appearances
138
+54.3 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 649
142
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 649
Contributions
195
+49.1 vs Commons average
Rank 142 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
£2,714,849
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£284,788
26% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
29
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Migration
144 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
51 of 67 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 77 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
48 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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