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Alex Sobel vs Karin Smyth

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Karin Smyth voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,268 shared comparable votes.

1,262 same votes 6 different votes 1,268 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
99 Aye 67 No
Tax 100% aligned 166 shared votes
99 Aye 67 No
92 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 157 shared votes
92 Aye 65 No
56 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 119 shared votes
56 Aye 63 No
31 Aye 69 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
31 Aye 69 No
25 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 20 No
Benefits 95% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
99 Aye 67 No
Tax 100% aligned 166 shared votes
99 Aye 67 No
92 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 157 shared votes
92 Aye 65 No
56 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 119 shared votes
56 Aye 63 No
31 Aye 69 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
31 Aye 69 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 384 of 649
Participation
72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
1,518
2,117 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,372 eligible divisions
823
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
55.8% of votes cast
695
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
761
44.2% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

105
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
Appearances
107
+26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
133
-7.5 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 649
Contributions
409
+268.5 vs Commons average
Rank 33 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
£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£291,769
29% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API