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Alex Sobel

Labour (Co-op) MP for Leeds Central and Headingley, since 8 June 2017

Alex Sobel is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Leeds Central and Headingley, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017.

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Scorecard

65.7% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
378 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
197 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
3 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour (Co-op) MPs
11 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
671 Debates spoken in 2217 written questions tabled

Ranked 430 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 49 No vote 332–160
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48 No vote 328–160
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 47 No vote 327–164
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 46 No vote 314–178
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 23 No vote 329–163
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8 No vote 316–172
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 No vote 330–158
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No vote 326–160
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading No vote 362–87
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 No vote 153–300
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 23 No vote 158–297
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 58 No vote 92–364
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No vote 69–300
9 Sep 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Second Reading Aye 330–179
9 Sep 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Reasoned Amendment No 116–333
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 64 Aye 335–160
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 53 Aye 401–96
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 Aye 325–171
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 Aye 404–98
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 19 Aye 336–158
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 18 Aye 402–97
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 Aye 398–93
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No vote 338–74
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No vote 331–73
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No vote 336–77

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Football Association Ltd
Address of donor: Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London HA9 0WS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets and hospitality for the FA Cup Semi Final between Leeds Utd and Chelsea FC, value £500
Date received: 26 April 2026
Date accepted: 26 April 2026
Donor status: company, registration 00077797
(Registered 1 June 2026)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

Name of donor: Music Publishers Association
Address of donor: 107 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8TZ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: One ticket and hospitality for the Ivor Novello Awards, value £1,314
Date received: 21 May 2026
Date accepted: 21 May 2026
Donor status: company, registration 00140248
(Registered 1 June 2026)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

Name of donor: Leeds United FC
Address of donor: Elland Rd, Leeds LS11 0ES
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ticket for Leeds Utd v Brentford match, value £340
Date received: 20 March 2026
Date accepted: 20 March 2026
Donor status: company, registration 06233875
(Registered 12 April 2026)

On the register since 14 Apr 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)

On the register since 24 Mar 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: 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)

On the register since 4 Nov 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)

On the register since 15 Jul 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Member of Executive Committee of the British Group of the Inter Parliamentary Union
Date interest arose: 26 November 2025
(Registered 28 November 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

Trustee of Leeds International Aid Fund. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 30 October 2025
(Registered 6 November 2025)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

Vice Chair of the Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 15 July 2025
(Registered 11 September 2025)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

A director (unpaid) of Transform Labour Ltd (formally Transform Europe (Campaign) Ltd). This is a dormant company, limited by guarantee, which applied for dissolution on 28 June 2023.
Date interest arose: 2 July 2019
(Registered 28 July 2023)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

A visiting Parliamentary Fellow at St Anthonys College, Oxford. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 4 December 2023
(Registered 14 March 2024)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

671 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £5,955 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
6 Dec 2024 Alex Sobel sitting MP Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar Other Visit £5,955

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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