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Alex Sobel vs Sir Roger Gale

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 Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 925 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 875 different votes 925 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
10 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
72 Aye 47 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 119 shared votes
44 Aye 75 No
11 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 24 No
Trade 7% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 14 No
Benefits 0% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 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
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% 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
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
139
-4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
Contributions
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 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
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
48 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 29 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
No
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
Aye
Motion No. 4 - Health Protection (Coronavirus, restrictions) (Self-isolation) 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Coronavirus, wearing of face coverings) (England) regulations 2021 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Standing Order 163: Private Sitting 22 Oct 2021
Tax
No
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