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Alex Sobel vs Sir Gavin Williamson

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Sir Gavin Williamson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,210 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 1,161 different votes 1,210 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
23 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 9 No
Energy 5% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
41 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 100 shared votes
59 Aye 41 No
11 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
93 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 158 shared votes
62 Aye 96 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 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
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
47.8% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
971
52.2% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

114
+30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 649
Appearances
73
-10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
142
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 649
Contributions
90
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 371 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
£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£278,816
23% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
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
200 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Transport
83 of 95 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 91 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
57 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

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