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Alex Sobel vs Sarah Smith
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Alex Sobel and Sarah Smith voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.
302 same votes
5 different votes
307 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
72.0%
same as average
Participation
64.5%
8% below average
1,561
2,167 eligible divisions
Total votes
410
636 eligible divisions
846
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
52.9% of votes cast
715
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
193
47.1% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.4% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
127
+31.1 vs Commons average
Appearances
75
-20.9 vs Commons average
169
+1.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
94
-73.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,060
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£195,060
14% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
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rebel
No
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rebel
No
No
Aye
rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API