Alex Sobel’s voting in Parliament

Alex Sobel is a Labour/Co-operative MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour/Co-operative MPs.

This is a selection of Alex Sobel’s votes.

• Almost always voted for more EU integration Show votes 26 votes for, 0 votes against, 8 absences, between 2017–2018
• Voted against reducing central government funding of local government Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2018

We have lots more plain English analysis of Alex Sobel’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Alex Sobel’s full vote analysis page for more.

Alex Sobel has hardly ever rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 19 Dec 2018

Recent appearances

• College Funding — [Mr Charles Walker in the Chair] 21 Jan 2019

  Further education colleges are being asked to implement T-levels, but the T-level system, even though it has not started yet, is already in crisis. The exam boards are taking the Government to court. The colleges are saying that they are unable to cope with the level of funding. Employers are unaware of them. Will that not add to colleges’ burden?

• Environmental Audit Committee 17 Jan 2019

  I thank the Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee for her leadership on this report, which built on our report on plastics. Does she agree that Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials did a great job in trying to make the Weddell sea a marine protected area, but that they need to redouble their efforts with the Chinese, Russian and Norwegian Governments? However, our work on plastics...

• Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Members: Correspondence 17 Jan 2019

  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the letter to him of 27 September 2018 from Marom UK on Marom Budapest and its community centre Aurora, what response he has made to that letter.

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Profile

Labour/Co-operative MP for Leeds North West

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 2017 — General election

• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @alexsobel

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Home Office
• Department for Education
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Armed Forces: Housing
• Asylum
• Asylum: Housing
• Carillion
• Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum

Currently held offices

• Member, Backbench Business Committee (since 11 Sep 2017)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (since 11 Sep 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Greg Mulholland
• Harold Best
• Keith Hampson
• Donald Kaberry

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Ivory Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
• Finance (No.3) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 98 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all Alex Sobel’s speeches
• Has received answers to 446 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has voted in 79.73% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 63 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)