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Alex Sobel vs Sir Desmond Swayne

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,324 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,288 different votes 1,324 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 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 13 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
58 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 113 shared votes
57 Aye 56 No
17 Aye 16 No
Benefits 3% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
39 Aye 10 No
Education 2% aligned 49 shared votes
11 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
21 Aye 37 No
23 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 16 No
Transport 0% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 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
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,474
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
810
55.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
664
45.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

84
+23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
98
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 648
Contributions
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 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
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44 % below average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Migration
139 of 161 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Defence
47 of 59 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API