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Alex Sobel vs Torsten Bell

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Torsten Bell voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 312 shared comparable votes.

307 same votes 5 different votes 312 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
34 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
34 Aye 32 No
17 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 11 No
Benefits 91% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
34 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
34 Aye 32 No
17 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

72.0%
same as average
Rank 374 of 650
Participation
71.9%
same as average
Rank 382 of 650
1,561
2,167 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
636 eligible divisions
846
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
53.8% of votes cast
715
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
211
46.2% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

127
+31.1 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 650
Appearances
82
-13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 650
169
+1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Contributions
238
+70.9 vs Commons average
Rank 129 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
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 32 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API