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Alex Sobel vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,188 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 1,154 different votes 1,188 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
5 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 12 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
50 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 109 shared votes
61 Aye 48 No
17 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 16 No
Benefits 3% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
114 Aye 57 No
Tax 0% aligned 171 shared votes
57 Aye 114 No
34 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
20 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 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
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

111
+28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 649
Appearances
169
+86.7 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
139
-4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
Contributions
189
+45.5 vs Commons average
Rank 145 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
188 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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