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.

• Voted against reducing central government funding of local government Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2018
• Almost always voted for more EU integration Show votes 24 votes for, 0 votes against, 8 absences, between 2017–2018

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: 12 Sep 2018

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Public Sector: Pay 12 Nov 2018

  To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative assessment he has made of the average amount of time taken for (a) probation officers and (b) other public sector employees to reach the top of the pay scale.

• Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: National Probation Service for England and Wales: Finance 12 Nov 2018

  To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the allocation of funds to the probation service since the probation service was combined with the prison service.

• Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Indonesia: Vaccination 9 Nov 2018

  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the Indonesian Government on increasing child immunisation rates for diseases such as measles in West Papua.

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Profile

Labour/Co-operative MP for Leeds North West

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

Social Media

• @alexsobel

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

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

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 99 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs. See all Alex Sobel’s speeches
• Has received answers to 525 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has voted in 78.74% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 118 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Alex Sobel’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 54 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)