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Alex Sobel vs Patrick Spencer

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Patrick Spencer voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 272 different votes 280 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
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 7 No
Benefits 5% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
25 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
36 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
36 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 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
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 424 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
415
590 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
193
46.5% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
222
53.5% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

111
+28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 649
Appearances
8
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
139
-4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
Contributions
8
-135.5 vs Commons average
Rank 625 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
£159,842
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£159,842
29% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

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