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Alex Sobel vs Paula Barker

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

Photograph of Alex Sobel
Alex Sobel
Lab Leeds Central and Headingley
vs
Photograph of Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Paula Barker voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,015 shared comparable votes.

1,011 same votes 4 different votes 1,015 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
30 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
30 Aye 93 No
74 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 123 shared votes
74 Aye 49 No
51 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 111 shared votes
51 Aye 60 No
23 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 9 No
Education 97% aligned 37 shared votes
27 Aye 10 No
30 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
30 Aye 93 No
74 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 123 shared votes
74 Aye 49 No
51 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 111 shared votes
51 Aye 60 No
23 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

71.6 %
1 % below average
Rank 393 of 647
Participation
78.7 %
6 % above average
Rank 231 of 647
1,488
2,078 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,271
1,615 eligible divisions
813
54.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
667
52.5 % of votes cast
675
45.4 % of votes cast
No votes
604
47.5 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.6 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

94
+27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 647
Appearances
46
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 647
115
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 206 of 647
Contributions
45
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 498 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43 % above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
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
Housing
51 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Migration
139 of 161 votes
#3
Defence
60 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
Defence
52 of 64 votes
#5
Work / Employment
58 of 65 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
Where they voted the same
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API