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Alex Sobel vs Taiwo Owatemi

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 Taiwo Owatemi
Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 836 shared comparable votes.

832 same votes 4 different votes 836 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
80 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 111 shared votes
80 Aye 31 No
31 Aye 64 No
Migration 100% aligned 95 shared votes
31 Aye 64 No
40 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 84 shared votes
40 Aye 44 No
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 19 No
Benefits 94% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
80 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 111 shared votes
80 Aye 31 No
31 Aye 64 No
Migration 100% aligned 95 shared votes
31 Aye 64 No
40 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 84 shared votes
40 Aye 44 No
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

71.6 %
1 % below average
Rank 393 of 647
Participation
75.4 %
3 % above average
Rank 303 of 647
1,488
2,078 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,218
1,615 eligible divisions
813
54.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
648
53.2 % of votes cast
675
45.4 % of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
13
1.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

96
+29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 650
Appearances
2
-64.2 vs Commons average
Rank 634 of 650
118
+0.2 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 650
Contributions
2
-115.8 vs Commons average
Rank 630 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24 % above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
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
38 of 41 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Migration
139 of 161 votes
#3
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
152 of 173 votes
Defence
52 of 64 votes
#5
Housing
45 of 53 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API