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Peter Swallow vs Alex Sobel

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


Voting alignment

Peter Swallow and Alex Sobel voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 370 shared comparable votes.

366 same votes 4 different votes 370 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
32 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 12 No
Benefits 91% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
32 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

84.8%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 650
Participation
72.0%
same as average
Rank 380 of 650
535
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,557
2,162 eligible divisions
260
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
843
54.1% of votes cast
275
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
714
45.9% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

222
+127.5 vs Commons average
Rank 20 of 650
Appearances
127
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 650
316
+151.5 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
Contributions
169
+4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£169,409
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
£169,409
25% below average
Latest expenses
£328,194
45% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
NHS / Health
47 of 52 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 163 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API