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Alex Sobel vs Sir Ashley Fox

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 Sir Ashley Fox
Sir Ashley Fox
Con Bridgwater

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Sir Ashley Fox voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 258 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 252 different votes 258 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
10 Aye 4 No
Benefits 7% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
31 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
32 Aye 31 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
32 Aye 31 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

71.7 %
2 % below average
Rank 399 of 648
Participation
76.8 %
4 % above average
Rank 281 of 648
1,474
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
404
526 eligible divisions
810
55.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
174
43.1 % of votes cast
664
45.0 % of votes cast
No votes
230
56.9 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.2 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
+23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 648
Appearances
115
+54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 648
98
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 648
Contributions
175
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£159,406
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£159,406
30 % below average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
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

NHS / Health
47 of 52 votes
#1
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Migration
139 of 161 votes
#3
Tax
97 of 108 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Defence
47 of 59 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
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