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Alex Sobel vs Mr James Frith

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 Mr James Frith
Mr James Frith
Lab Bury North

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Mr James Frith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 631 shared comparable votes.

627 same votes 4 different votes 631 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 38 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 107 shared votes
69 Aye 38 No
61 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
61 Aye 39 No
18 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
28 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 14 No
Trade 100% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 7 No
Benefits 89% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
69 Aye 38 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 107 shared votes
69 Aye 38 No
61 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
61 Aye 39 No
18 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
28 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

71.9%
1% below average
Rank 386 of 650
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 289 of 650
1,545
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
469
619 eligible divisions
834
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
227
48.4% of votes cast
711
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
242
51.6% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.3% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

120
+31.2 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 650
Appearances
45
-43.8 vs Commons average
Rank 504 of 650
159
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 202 of 650
Contributions
91
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 388 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
£817,882
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£210,945
7% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Education
46 of 50 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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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