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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
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Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 605 shared comparable votes.

602 same votes 3 different votes 605 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 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 96 shared votes
50 Aye 46 No
59 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 84 shared votes
59 Aye 25 No
35 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
35 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 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 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 96 shared votes
50 Aye 46 No
59 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 84 shared votes
59 Aye 25 No
35 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
35 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 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
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

109
+27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
Appearances
7
-74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
137
-5.2 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 649
Contributions
7
-135.2 vs Commons average
Rank 626 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
£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
163 of 188 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 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 Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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