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Alex Sobel vs Jim Shannon

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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Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Jim Shannon voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 1,342 shared comparable votes.

331 same votes 1,011 different votes 1,342 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
33 Aye 69 No
Migration 47% aligned 102 shared votes
65 Aye 37 No
20 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 44% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 19 No
Benefits 42% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 17 No
Housing 38% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 35% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
95 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 11% aligned 159 shared votes
57 Aye 102 No
44 Aye 12 No
Education 11% aligned 56 shared votes
18 Aye 38 No
17 Aye 15 No
Energy 13% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
113 Aye 70 No
Tax 13% aligned 183 shared votes
84 Aye 99 No
20 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 14% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 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 389 of 649
Participation
85.4 %
13 % above average
Rank 90 of 649
1,509
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
822
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
687
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
975
48.4 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

103
+25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Appearances
1,221
+1143.0 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
129
-9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
Contributions
1,524
+1385.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 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
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30 % above average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
205 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 27 Jan 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading 25 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 17 25 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 120B 5 Nov 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
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