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Alex Sobel vs Mr Richard Holden

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 Richard Holden
Mr Richard Holden
Con Basildon and Billericay

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Mr Richard Holden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 932 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 895 different votes 932 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
19 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 7 No
Energy 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
41 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 95 shared votes
53 Aye 42 No
15 Aye 17 No
Benefits 3% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
34 Aye 77 No
Migration 3% aligned 111 shared votes
74 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
9 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 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
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
645
49.0% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
672
51.0% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

114
+30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 650
Appearances
44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650
142
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
Contributions
64
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 465 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
£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£332,582
47% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
49 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Defence
61 of 70 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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