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Alex Sobel vs Ms Abena Oppong-Asare

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 Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Lab Erith and Thamesmead

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Ms Abena Oppong-Asare voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,007 shared comparable votes.

1,003 same votes 4 different votes 1,007 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
82 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 132 shared votes
82 Aye 50 No
37 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 130 shared votes
37 Aye 93 No
45 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 104 shared votes
45 Aye 59 No
25 Aye 32 No
Defence 100% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
39 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
39 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 20 No
Benefits 96% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
82 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 132 shared votes
82 Aye 50 No
37 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 130 shared votes
37 Aye 93 No
45 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 104 shared votes
45 Aye 59 No
25 Aye 32 No
Defence 100% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 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
76.2%
4% above average
Rank 281 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,264
1,658 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
670
53.0% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
594
47.0% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

107
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Appearances
19
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 649
135
-7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 649
Contributions
22
-120.3 vs Commons average
Rank 594 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
£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£288,312
27% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Education
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
139 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
61 of 70 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
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API