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Alex Sobel vs Sarah Olney

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 Sarah Olney
Sarah Olney
LD Richmond Park

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Sarah Olney voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 865 shared comparable votes.

671 same votes 194 different votes 865 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
22 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 16 No
Trade 100% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 89 No
Migration 99% aligned 108 shared votes
18 Aye 90 No
23 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 90% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 10 No
Education 34% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 42% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
77 Aye 44 No
Tax 55% aligned 121 shared votes
79 Aye 42 No
22 Aye 24 No
Defence 59% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 14 No
Housing 63% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 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
70.2%
2% below average
Rank 427 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,164
1,658 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
629
54.0% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
535
46.0% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

114
+30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 649
Appearances
146
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
142
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 649
Contributions
193
+47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 144 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
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
47 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 70 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
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