Alex Sobel
MP since 8 Jun 2017
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Alex Sobel is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Leeds Central and Headingley, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017.
1520
Votes Cast
£328,194
Expenses 2024-25
8,422
Majority
50.2%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£328,194
Year-on-Year
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 31,595 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
279
Written Questions
4
Oral Questions
148
Debates Spoken In⚑
198
Speeches⚑
388
Divisions Voted
⚑Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.
Voting Record
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1520 votes — page 4 of 61
5 AYEPension Schemes Bill
5 votes · 15 Apr 2026
Pension Schemes Bill
5 votes · 15 Apr 2026
8 AYECrime and Policing Bill
8 votes · 14 Apr 2026
Crime and Policing Bill
8 votes · 14 Apr 2026
6 AYEVictims and Courts Bill
6 votes · 25 Mar 2026
Victims and Courts Bill
6 votes · 25 Mar 2026
2 NOOpposition Day Motion
2 votes · 24 Mar 2026
Opposition Day Motion
2 votes · 24 Mar 2026
Financial Interests(9)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
BPI
two tickets and hospitality for the Brit Awards at Co-op Live, Manchester
28 February 2026
£3,432
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
BPI
two tickets and hospitality for the Brit Awards at Co-op Live, Manchester
28 February 2026
- Name of donor
- BPI
- Address of donor
- Unit 4/4a, Tileyard Studios, Tileyard Road, London N7 9AH
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- two tickets and hospitality for the Brit Awards at Co-op Live, Manchester, value £3,432
- Date received
- 28 February 2026
- Date accepted
- 28 February 2026
- Donor status
- company, registration 01132389
Registered 15 March 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Knights Tailoring Ltd
Two tickets for the National Film Awards to support the Ukrainian documentary 'We are Home' that won Best Documentary. Hospitality included drinks but no food
2 July 2025 to 2 July 2025
£750
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Knights Tailoring Ltd
Two tickets for the National Film Awards to support the Ukrainian documentary 'We are Home' that won Best Documentary. Hospitality included drinks but no food
2 July 2025 to 2 July 2025
- Name of donor
- Knights Tailoring Ltd
- Address of donor
- 5 Station Road, Tidworth SP9 7NN
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- Two tickets for the National Film Awards to support the Ukrainian documentary 'We are Home' that won Best Documentary. Hospitality included drinks but no food, value £750
- Date received
- 2 July 2025 to 2 July 2025
- Date accepted
- 2 July 2025
- Donor status
- company, registration 07036550
Registered 6 July 2025
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
BPI
2 floor tickets and dinner for the Mercury Music Prize at the Utilita Arena, Newcastle
16 October 2025 to 16 October 2025
£660
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
BPI
2 floor tickets and dinner for the Mercury Music Prize at the Utilita Arena, Newcastle
16 October 2025 to 16 October 2025
- Name of donor
- BPI
- Address of donor
- Unit 4/4a, Tileyard Studios, Tileyard Road, London N7 9AH
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- 2 floor tickets and dinner for the Mercury Music Prize at the Utilita Arena, Newcastle, value £660
- Date received
- 16 October 2025 to 16 October 2025
- Date accepted
- 16 October 2025
- Donor status
- company, registration 01132389
Registered 22 October 2025
Visits outside the UK
World Forum
£146
Visits outside the UK
World Forum
- Name of donor
- World Forum
- Address of donor
- Reinhardtstr. 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
- Meals, value £146
- Destination of visit
- Germany (Berlin)
- Dates of visit
- 17 March 2025 to 19 March 2025
- Purpose of visit
- Speaker at the World Forum 2025
Registered 17 April 2025
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
- Date interest arose
- 30 October 2025
Registered 6 November 2025
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Alex in Parliament
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the ADE: Heat Networks Cost of Heat Research, what consideration she has given to the role of strategic zoning in redu
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the ADE: Heat Networks Cost of Heat Research, what estimate her Department has made of the potential cost impact on co
Energy Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the ADE: Demand report entitled Powered by People, Powered by Place, what steps he is taking to help ensure that techn
Energy Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the ADE: Demand report entitled Powered by People, Powered by Place, whether his Department has plans to ensure that R
Energy Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the ADE: Demand report entitled Powered by People, Powered by Place, whether his Department plans to provide guidance
Video Games: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with the online gaming industry on its impact on the economy.
Video Games: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure future online safety regulation does not have unintended consequences for the online
Heathrow Airport: Noise
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimates her Department has made of the monetised costs of aircraft noise pollution for communities under Heathrow flight paths exposed to noise abov
Heathrow Airport: Noise
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in preparing the Heathrow Expansion Appraisal Report, what consideration her Department gave to modelling the potential monetised costs of noise pollution
Food: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefits of requiring food labels to declare levels of potassium and phosphate conten
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