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Alex Sobel vs Mike Reader

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Mike Reader voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 311 shared comparable votes.

306 same votes 5 different votes 311 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 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
17 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 6 No
Benefits 88% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
36 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
7 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 374 of 650
Participation
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 337 of 650
1,561
2,167 eligible divisions
Total votes
469
636 eligible divisions
846
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
245
52.2% of votes cast
715
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
224
47.8% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.8% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

127
+31.1 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 650
Appearances
80
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
169
+1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Contributions
115
-52.1 vs Commons average
Rank 348 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
£208,618
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£208,618
8% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Tax
100 of 122 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API