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Alex Sobel vs Nigel Farage

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 Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Nigel Farage voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 117 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 107 different votes 117 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
1 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 29% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 7 No
Housing 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 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
40.0%
33% below average
Rank 634 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
6
15 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
4
66.7% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
2
33.3% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 months
Since 13 Aug 2026

Debates

109
+26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
Appearances
13
-69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 614 of 649
137
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
Contributions
15
-127.9 vs Commons average
Rank 615 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
£162,580
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£162,580
28% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
35
7 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
Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
No topic data
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
No topic data
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
No topic data
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
No topic data

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
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
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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