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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 893 shared comparable votes.

891 same votes 2 different votes 893 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 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 117 shared votes
71 Aye 46 No
33 Aye 79 No
Migration 100% aligned 112 shared votes
33 Aye 79 No
37 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 86 shared votes
37 Aye 49 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 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 117 shared votes
71 Aye 46 No
33 Aye 79 No
Migration 100% aligned 112 shared votes
33 Aye 79 No
37 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 86 shared votes
37 Aye 49 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

71.7%
1% below average
Rank 388 of 649
Participation
66.9%
6% below average
Rank 481 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
568
51.2% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
541
48.8% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

109
+26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
137
-5.8 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
Contributions
73
-69.8 vs Commons average
Rank 424 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
£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
48 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Defence
58 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Migration
121 of 154 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
50 of 67 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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API