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Alex Sobel vs Lauren Edwards

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Lauren Edwards voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 374 shared comparable votes.

368 same votes 6 different votes 374 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
39 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
39 Aye 40 No
23 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 9 No
Benefits 91% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
39 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
39 Aye 40 No
23 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

72.0%
same as average
Rank 374 of 650
Participation
86.0%
14% above average
Rank 70 of 650
1,561
2,167 eligible divisions
Total votes
547
636 eligible divisions
846
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
270
49.4% of votes cast
715
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
277
50.6% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

127
+31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 650
Appearances
46
-49.6 vs Commons average
Rank 513 of 650
169
+2.5 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
Contributions
67
-99.5 vs Commons average
Rank 490 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
£133,786
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£133,786
41% 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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
64 of 66 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
32 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API