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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 868 shared comparable votes.

866 same votes 2 different votes 868 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 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 114 shared votes
71 Aye 43 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
21 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 13 No
Benefits 94% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
71 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 114 shared votes
71 Aye 43 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
21 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

71.6 %
1 % below average
Rank 393 of 647
Participation
66.9 %
6 % below average
Rank 491 of 647
1,488
2,078 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,080
1,615 eligible divisions
813
54.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
560
51.9 % of votes cast
675
45.4 % of votes cast
No votes
520
48.1 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

96
+29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 650
Appearances
54
-12.2 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
118
+0.2 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 650
Contributions
67
-50.8 vs Commons average
Rank 392 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
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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
51 of 63 votes
Migration
139 of 161 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
121 of 152 votes
Defence
52 of 64 votes
#5
Work / Employment
50 of 65 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API