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Alex Sobel vs Melanie Onn

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 Melanie Onn
Melanie Onn
Lab Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Melanie Onn voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 659 shared comparable votes.

648 same votes 11 different votes 659 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
69 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 121 shared votes
69 Aye 52 No
27 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
28 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
28 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 13 No
Transport 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 13 No
Trade 100% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 6 No
Benefits 91% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
67 Aye 38 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 105 shared votes
69 Aye 36 No
69 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 121 shared votes
69 Aye 52 No
27 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 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
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 650
1,557
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
631 eligible divisions
843
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
49.5% of votes cast
714
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
238
50.5% 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
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 650
Appearances
122
+27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 650
169
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 650
Contributions
182
+17.4 vs Commons average
Rank 190 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
£1,014,663
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£201,216
11% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Energy
17 of 20 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Tax
102 of 121 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
Aye
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No rebel
No
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye rebel
No
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sept 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye rebel
Aye
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
No rebel
Aye
Margaret Beckett's motion M (Confirmatory public vote) 27 Mar 2019
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
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
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
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