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Alex Sobel vs Joe Powell

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Joe Powell voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 326 shared comparable votes.

321 same votes 5 different votes 326 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
32 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
32 Aye 33 No
15 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 7 No
Benefits 87% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
32 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
32 Aye 33 No
15 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

72.0%
same as average
Rank 374 of 650
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 297 of 650
1,561
2,167 eligible divisions
Total votes
480
636 eligible divisions
846
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
228
47.5% of votes cast
715
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
252
52.5% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

127
+31.1 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 650
Appearances
111
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650
169
+1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Contributions
148
-19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 260 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
£214,410
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£214,410
5% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Work / Employment
38 of 42 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API