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Alex Sobel vs Mr Paul Kohler

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 Paul Kohler
Mr Paul Kohler
LD Wimbledon

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Mr Paul Kohler voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 220 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 185 different votes 220 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
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 83% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 9 No
Housing 27% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 1 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 20% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
2 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
26 Aye 27 No
Tax 2% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 7% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

71.7%
1% below average
Rank 388 of 649
Participation
59.8%
13% below average
Rank 577 of 649
1,513
2,111 eligible divisions
Total votes
347
580 eligible divisions
823
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
180
51.9% of votes cast
690
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
167
48.1% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.7% of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

104
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Appearances
69
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 649
131
-6.1 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
Contributions
97
-40.1 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£147,138
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£147,138
35% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
1
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Education
42 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API