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Alex Sobel vs Steve Barclay

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Steve Barclay voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,088 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 1,051 different votes 1,088 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
15 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
43 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 93 shared votes
52 Aye 41 No
13 Aye 11 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
85 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 149 shared votes
62 Aye 87 No
34 Aye 78 No
Migration 4% aligned 112 shared votes
76 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 24 No
Trade 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 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 391 of 649
Participation
71.5 %
1 % below average
Rank 393 of 649
1,504
2,099 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,684
2,354 eligible divisions
820
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
802
47.6 % of votes cast
684
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
882
52.4 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

104
+28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 649
Appearances
73
-2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 265 of 649
131
-2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 649
Contributions
100
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 304 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
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£231,894
2 % above average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
1
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
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Migration
139 of 161 votes
#3
Migration
137 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
173 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