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Alex Sobel vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,180 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,124 different votes 1,180 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
21 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
77 Aye 54 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 131 shared votes
53 Aye 78 No
52 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 109 shared votes
59 Aye 50 No
14 Aye 14 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 23 No
Trade 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

111
+28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
139
-4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
Contributions
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
2
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

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