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Alex Sobel vs Paul Holmes

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Paul Holmes voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 966 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 924 different votes 966 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
20 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 9 No
Energy 5% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 16 No
Benefits 3% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
76 Aye 52 No
Tax 2% aligned 128 shared votes
49 Aye 79 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 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
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
49.8% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
708
50.2% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

114
+30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 650
Appearances
114
+30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 650
142
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
Contributions
387
+241.3 vs Commons average
Rank 39 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
£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£234,722
4% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

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