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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 994 shared comparable votes.

990 same votes 4 different votes 994 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 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 145 shared votes
88 Aye 57 No
38 Aye 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 118 shared votes
38 Aye 80 No
29 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 84 shared votes
29 Aye 55 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 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 145 shared votes
88 Aye 57 No
38 Aye 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 118 shared votes
38 Aye 80 No
29 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 84 shared votes
29 Aye 55 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

71.9%
1% below average
Rank 386 of 650
Participation
74.2%
2% above average
Rank 326 of 650
1,546
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,253
1,688 eligible divisions
835
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
656
52.4% of votes cast
711
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
597
47.6% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

128
+35.1 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 650
Appearances
35
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 650
172
+10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 650
Contributions
39
-122.6 vs Commons average
Rank 570 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
£1,408,648
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
164 of 189 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#3
Work / Employment
59 of 70 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 154 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
53 of 65 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API