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Alex Sobel vs Yvette Cooper

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 Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,119 shared comparable votes.

1,116 same votes 3 different votes 1,119 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
88 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 153 shared votes
88 Aye 65 No
38 Aye 95 No
Migration 100% aligned 133 shared votes
38 Aye 95 No
87 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
87 Aye 37 No
50 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 99 shared votes
50 Aye 49 No
22 Aye 30 No
Trade 100% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 13 No
Benefits 94% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
88 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 153 shared votes
88 Aye 65 No
38 Aye 95 No
Migration 100% aligned 133 shared votes
38 Aye 95 No
87 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
87 Aye 37 No
50 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 99 shared votes
50 Aye 49 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
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
824
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
696
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.7% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

107
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Appearances
74
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
135
-7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 649
Contributions
1,112
+969.7 vs Commons average
Rank 3 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
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 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 rebel
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API