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Alex Sobel vs Nick Timothy

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 Nick Timothy
Nick Timothy
Con West Suffolk

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Nick Timothy voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 220 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 216 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
10 Aye 4 No
Benefits 7% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
30 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

71.7 %
2 % below average
Rank 399 of 648
Participation
68.8 %
4 % below average
Rank 461 of 648
1,474
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
362
526 eligible divisions
810
55.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
168
46.4 % of votes cast
664
45.0 % of votes cast
No votes
194
53.6 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
+23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 648
Appearances
91
+30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 105 of 648
98
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 648
Contributions
112
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£194,714
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£194,714
14 % below average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 registered categories
0
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
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Energy
14 of 17 votes
Migration
139 of 161 votes
#3
Tax
85 of 108 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
17 of 22 votes
Defence
47 of 59 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
46 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
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
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