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Barry Gardiner vs Alex Sobel
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Barry Gardiner and Alex Sobel voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,155 shared comparable votes.
1,152 same votes
3 different votes
1,155 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
67.8 %
5 % below average
Participation
71.7 %
2 % below average
1,568
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,474
2,057 eligible divisions
880
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
810
55.0 % of votes cast
688
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
664
45.0 % of votes cast
16
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Debates
48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Appearances
84
+23.6 vs Commons average
62
-46.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
98
-10.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£328,194
45 % above average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
1
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
rebel
Aye
rebel
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API