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Alex Sobel vs Mr Douglas Alexander

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 191 shared comparable votes.

186 same votes 5 different votes 191 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
27 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 4 No
Education 100% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 4 No
Benefits 71% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
27 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 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
44.5%
28% below average
Rank 630 of 650
1,561
2,167 eligible divisions
Total votes
283
636 eligible divisions
846
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
124
43.8% of votes cast
715
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
159
56.2% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

129
+32.0 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650
Appearances
54
-43.0 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 650
171
+1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 650
Contributions
241
+71.8 vs Commons average
Rank 126 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
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
11 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Trade
6 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#3
Work / Employment
25 of 42 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Defence
20 of 34 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Tax
64 of 122 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API