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Alex Sobel vs Lorraine Beavers

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Lorraine Beavers voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 382 shared comparable votes.

380 same votes 2 different votes 382 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
45 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
45 Aye 39 No
27 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
45 Aye 39 No
27 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 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 380 of 650
Participation
86.7%
14% above average
Rank 60 of 650
1,557
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
547
631 eligible divisions
843
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
288
52.7% of votes cast
714
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
259
47.3% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
1.6% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

128
+34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 650
Appearances
69
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650
170
+6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 650
Contributions
85
-78.8 vs Commons average
Rank 438 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
£199,406
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£199,406
12% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API