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Olivia Blake vs Alex Sobel

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


Voting alignment

Olivia Blake and Alex Sobel voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 950 shared comparable votes.

946 same votes 4 different votes 950 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 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 141 shared votes
88 Aye 53 No
38 Aye 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 118 shared votes
38 Aye 80 No
28 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 80 shared votes
28 Aye 52 No
39 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
39 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 13 No
Housing 97% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
88 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 141 shared votes
88 Aye 53 No
38 Aye 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 118 shared votes
38 Aye 80 No
28 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 80 shared votes
28 Aye 52 No
39 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
39 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 329 of 648
Participation
71.7 %
2 % below average
Rank 399 of 648
1,193
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,474
2,057 eligible divisions
630
52.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
810
55.0 % of votes cast
563
47.2 % of votes cast
No votes
664
45.0 % of votes cast
10
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

32
-28.4 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 648
Appearances
84
+23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 648
43
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 483 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

£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
£300,839
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£328,194
45 % above average
6
3 registered categories
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

Education
65 of 68 votes
#1
NHS / Health
47 of 52 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#3
Migration
139 of 161 votes
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 37 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
54 of 65 votes
#5
Defence
47 of 59 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API