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Alex Sobel vs Karl Turner

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 Karl Turner
Karl Turner
Lab Kingston upon Hull East

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Karl Turner voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,035 shared comparable votes.

1,032 same votes 3 different votes 1,035 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
106 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 154 shared votes
106 Aye 48 No
87 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 151 shared votes
87 Aye 64 No
38 Aye 57 No
Migration 100% aligned 95 shared votes
38 Aye 57 No
46 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 88 shared votes
46 Aye 42 No
28 Aye 24 No
Transport 100% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 18 No
Benefits 95% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
106 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 154 shared votes
106 Aye 48 No
87 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 151 shared votes
87 Aye 64 No
38 Aye 57 No
Migration 100% aligned 95 shared votes
38 Aye 57 No
46 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 88 shared votes
46 Aye 42 No

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

Voting record

71.9%
1% below average
Rank 386 of 650
Participation
56.5%
16% below average
Rank 598 of 650
1,546
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,359
2,406 eligible divisions
835
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
787
57.9% of votes cast
711
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
572
42.1% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

126
+33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 650
Appearances
36
-56.1 vs Commons average
Rank 539 of 650
170
+9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 650
Contributions
27
-133.1 vs Commons average
Rank 599 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
£2,663,153
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£218,387
3% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Housing
46 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#3
Transport
65 of 96 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Benefits
52 of 81 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Tax
201 of 324 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API