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Alex Sobel vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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
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Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,029 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 966 different votes 1,029 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
18 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 78 No
Migration 10% aligned 105 shared votes
69 Aye 36 No
21 Aye 19 No
Transport 8% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 9 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 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
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

111
+28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 649
Appearances
62
-20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
139
-4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
Contributions
72
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 435 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
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
181 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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