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Alex Sobel vs Shabana Mahmood

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 Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmood
Lab Birmingham Ladywood

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Shabana Mahmood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 981 shared comparable votes.

977 same votes 4 different votes 981 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
93 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 159 shared votes
93 Aye 66 No
78 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 118 shared votes
78 Aye 40 No
22 Aye 76 No
Migration 100% aligned 98 shared votes
22 Aye 76 No
46 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 94 shared votes
46 Aye 48 No
28 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 8 No
Benefits 93% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
93 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 159 shared votes
93 Aye 66 No
78 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 118 shared votes
78 Aye 40 No
22 Aye 76 No
Migration 100% aligned 98 shared votes
22 Aye 76 No
46 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 94 shared votes
46 Aye 48 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
54.1 %
19 % below average
Rank 609 of 647
1,488
2,078 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,262
2,333 eligible divisions
813
54.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
726
57.5 % of votes cast
675
45.4 % of votes cast
No votes
536
42.5 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

96
+29.0 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Appearances
50
-17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 649
118
-1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 649
Contributions
642
+522.9 vs Commons average
Rank 8 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
£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£287,702
27 % above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
Migration
139 of 161 votes
#3
Trade
58 of 88 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
Defence
52 of 64 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
29 of 45 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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
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 8 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 Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API