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Alex Sobel vs Wera Hobhouse

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


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Wera Hobhouse voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 1,196 shared comparable votes.

990 same votes 206 different votes 1,196 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
89 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 154 shared votes
89 Aye 65 No
26 Aye 81 No
Migration 98% aligned 107 shared votes
24 Aye 83 No
35 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 96% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 29 No
Trade 93% aligned 46 shared votes
16 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 10 No
Education 36% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
95 Aye 53 No
Tax 61% aligned 148 shared votes
90 Aye 58 No
14 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 63% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 26 No
Defence 63% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 12 No
Energy 73% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 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
73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
844
54.3% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
710
45.7% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

114
+30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 649
Appearances
147
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
142
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 649
Contributions
209
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 128 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
£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£306,189
35% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
163 of 188 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API