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Alex Sobel vs Keir Mather

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 Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Keir Mather voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 397 shared comparable votes.

392 same votes 5 different votes 397 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
36 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
36 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 22 No
Migration 100% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 10 No
Benefits 91% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
36 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
36 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 22 No
Migration 100% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 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
74.5%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 650
1,546
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
615
826 eligible divisions
835
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
297
48.3% of votes cast
711
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
318
51.7% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
3 years, 3 months
Since 20 Jul 2023

Debates

129
+36.0 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 650
Appearances
111
+18.0 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650
172
+10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 650
Contributions
594
+432.0 vs Commons average
Rank 16 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
£451,152
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£306,391
35% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Education
50 of 52 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#3
Transport
31 of 34 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
12 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
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