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Alex Sobel vs Ruth Jones

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Ruth Jones voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,068 shared comparable votes.

1,066 same votes 2 different votes 1,068 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
85 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 133 shared votes
85 Aye 48 No
32 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 125 shared votes
32 Aye 93 No
49 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 109 shared votes
49 Aye 60 No
27 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 31 No
Defence 100% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 20 No
Benefits 95% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
85 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 133 shared votes
85 Aye 48 No
32 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 125 shared votes
32 Aye 93 No
49 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 109 shared votes
49 Aye 60 No
27 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 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
78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
694
51.9% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
643
48.1% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
7 years, 5 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

107
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
135
-7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 649
Contributions
78
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 402 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
163 of 188 votes
#2
Education
61 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API