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Alex Sobel vs Paulette Hamilton

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 Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 610 shared comparable votes.

608 same votes 2 different votes 610 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
21 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 103 shared votes
21 Aye 82 No
62 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 103 shared votes
62 Aye 41 No
24 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
29 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
29 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 11 No
Benefits 93% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 103 shared votes
21 Aye 82 No
62 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 103 shared votes
62 Aye 41 No
24 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
29 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
29 Aye 10 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
75.7 %
3 % above average
Rank 298 of 647
1,488
2,078 eligible divisions
Total votes
853
1,127 eligible divisions
813
54.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
421
49.4 % of votes cast
675
45.4 % of votes cast
No votes
432
50.6 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

96
+29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 650
Appearances
51
-15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 650
118
+0.2 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 650
Contributions
70
-47.8 vs Commons average
Rank 378 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
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
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
Work / Employment
55 of 61 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Education
54 of 60 votes
Migration
139 of 161 votes
#3
Migration
111 of 124 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Defence
52 of 64 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
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