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Alex Sobel vs Julia Lopez

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 Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Julia Lopez voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,289 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 1,244 different votes 1,289 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
13 Aye 14 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
95 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 161 shared votes
61 Aye 100 No
38 Aye 93 No
Migration 3% aligned 131 shared votes
91 Aye 40 No
22 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 16 No
Benefits 2% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
32 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 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
83.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 131 of 649
1,509
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,757
2,106 eligible divisions
822
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
842
47.9 % of votes cast
687
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
915
52.1 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

103
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 650
Appearances
29
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 548 of 650
129
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
Contributions
37
-101.3 vs Commons average
Rank 540 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
£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£227,011
same as average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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
185 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 163 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
79 of 87 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Tax
251 of 287 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
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
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