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Alex Sobel vs Olivia Blake

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Olivia Blake voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 983 shared comparable votes.

979 same votes 4 different votes 983 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
88 Aye 56 No
Tax 100% aligned 144 shared votes
88 Aye 56 No
38 Aye 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 118 shared votes
38 Aye 80 No
28 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 80 shared votes
28 Aye 52 No
40 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 51 shared votes
40 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 15 No
Housing 97% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
88 Aye 56 No
Tax 100% aligned 144 shared votes
88 Aye 56 No
38 Aye 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 118 shared votes
38 Aye 80 No
28 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 80 shared votes
28 Aye 52 No
40 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 51 shared votes
40 Aye 11 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
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 318 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,239
1,658 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
649
52.4% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
590
47.6% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% 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
37
-44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 649
135
-7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 649
Contributions
42
-100.3 vs Commons average
Rank 537 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
£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£300,839
33% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
66 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
53 of 64 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API