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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.

Photograph of Alex Sobel
Alex Sobel
Lab Leeds Central and Headingley
vs
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,352 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,316 different votes 1,352 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 15 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
16 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
40 Aye 10 No
Education 2% aligned 50 shared votes
11 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
21 Aye 37 No
25 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 57 shared votes
32 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
29 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 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 389 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,509
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
822
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
687
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

103
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
129
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
Contributions
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650

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
43 % below average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
89 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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