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Alex Sobel vs Patricia Ferguson

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Patricia Ferguson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.

336 same votes 3 different votes 339 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
41 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
41 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 10 No
Benefits 95% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
41 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
41 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

72.0%
same as average
Rank 380 of 650
Participation
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 216 of 650
1,557
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
500
631 eligible divisions
843
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
254
50.8% of votes cast
714
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
246
49.2% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
18
3.6% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

127
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 650
Appearances
110
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650
169
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 650
Contributions
153
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 239 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
£151,093
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£151,093
33% below 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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API