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Alex Sobel vs Valerie Vaz
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Alex Sobel and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,348 shared comparable votes.
1,346 same votes
2 different votes
1,348 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
71.7 %
1 % below average
Participation
76.9 %
4 % above average
1,509
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,815
2,361 eligible divisions
822
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,023
56.4 % of votes cast
687
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
792
43.6 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
103
+25.1 vs Commons average
Appearances
29
-48.9 vs Commons average
129
-9.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
15
-123.3 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3 % below average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API