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John McDonnell vs Alex Sobel

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

Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington
vs
Photograph of Alex Sobel
Alex Sobel
Lab Leeds Central and Headingley

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Alex Sobel voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,329 shared comparable votes.

1,310 same votes 19 different votes 1,329 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
113 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 175 shared votes
113 Aye 62 No
91 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 157 shared votes
91 Aye 66 No
33 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 54 shared votes
33 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 27 No
Transport 100% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 28 No
Trade 100% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 15 No
Education 88% aligned 48 shared votes
39 Aye 9 No
32 Aye 18 No
Benefits 96% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 12 No
Energy 96% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 16 No
Housing 96% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
48 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 112 shared votes
49 Aye 63 No

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

Voting record

79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 234 of 648
Participation
71.7 %
2 % below average
Rank 399 of 648
1,829
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,474
2,057 eligible divisions
1,003
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
810
55.0 % of votes cast
826
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
664
45.0 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % 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

87
+26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 648
Appearances
84
+23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 648
118
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 648
Contributions
98
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£328,194
45 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
0
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

Defence
54 of 59 votes
#1
NHS / Health
47 of 52 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
#3
Migration
139 of 161 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Defence
47 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye rebel
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
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