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Alex Sobel vs John Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and John Cooper voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 273 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 265 different votes 273 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
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 7 No
Benefits 5% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
33 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
22 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
22 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 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
72.2%
same as average
Rank 374 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
426
590 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
180
42.3% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
246
57.7% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

114
+30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 649
Appearances
98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649
142
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 649
Contributions
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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
£154,450
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£154,450
32% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

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