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Alex Sobel vs Samantha Dixon

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 Samantha Dixon
Samantha Dixon
Lab Chester North and Neston

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Samantha Dixon voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 518 shared comparable votes.

513 same votes 5 different votes 518 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
40 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
40 Aye 41 No
18 Aye 54 No
Migration 100% aligned 72 shared votes
18 Aye 54 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 10 No
Benefits 89% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
40 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
40 Aye 41 No
18 Aye 54 No
Migration 100% aligned 72 shared votes
18 Aye 54 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

71.9%
1% below average
Rank 386 of 650
Participation
73.0%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 650
1,545
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
750
1,028 eligible divisions
834
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
367
48.9% of votes cast
711
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
383
51.1% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
3 years, 10 months
Since 1 Dec 2022

Debates

121
+31.0 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 650
Appearances
75
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 650
164
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 650
Contributions
286
+129.4 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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
£667,714
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£311,379
38% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
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
Brexit / EU
12 of 12 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 50 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Migration
83 of 97 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
27 of 33 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
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
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API