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Alex Sobel vs Sarah Owen

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 Owen
Sarah Owen
Lab Luton North

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Sarah Owen voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 912 shared comparable votes.

910 same votes 2 different votes 912 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
71 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 118 shared votes
71 Aye 47 No
33 Aye 79 No
Migration 100% aligned 112 shared votes
33 Aye 79 No
38 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 90 shared votes
38 Aye 52 No
23 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 13 No
Benefits 94% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
71 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 118 shared votes
71 Aye 47 No
33 Aye 79 No
Migration 100% aligned 112 shared votes
33 Aye 79 No
38 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 90 shared votes
38 Aye 52 No
23 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 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
66.9%
5% below average
Rank 475 of 650
1,546
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,129
1,688 eligible divisions
835
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
573
50.8% of votes cast
711
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
556
49.2% 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
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

128
+35.1 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 650
Appearances
69
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650
172
+10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 650
Contributions
85
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 430 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
£998,822
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£276,668
22% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
60 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Defence
58 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
51 of 64 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Migration
121 of 154 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
35 of 47 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
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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
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