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Alex Sobel vs Richard Tice

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 Richard Tice
Richard Tice
RUK Boston and Skegness

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Richard Tice voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 189 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 171 different votes 189 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
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 10 No
Housing 5% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 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
51.7%
21% below average
Rank 618 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
305
590 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
146
47.9% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
159
52.1% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
11
3.6% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Appearances
174
+92.3 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 649
135
-7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 649
Contributions
243
+100.7 vs Commons average
Rank 91 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
£176,036
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£176,036
22% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
23
5 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 9 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
22 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
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