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Alex Sobel vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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 Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 629 shared comparable votes.

626 same votes 3 different votes 629 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
50 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
50 Aye 47 No
60 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 85 shared votes
60 Aye 25 No
36 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 59 shared votes
36 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 8 No
Benefits 92% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
50 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
50 Aye 47 No
60 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 85 shared votes
60 Aye 25 No
36 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 59 shared votes
36 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.9%
1% below average
Rank 386 of 650
Participation
82.9%
11% above average
Rank 136 of 650
1,546
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
514
620 eligible divisions
835
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
48.8% of votes cast
711
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
263
51.2% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

129
+36.0 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 650
Appearances
7
-86.0 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
172
+10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 650
Contributions
7
-155.0 vs Commons average
Rank 627 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API