Alex Sobel
Labour (Co-op) Leeds Central and Headingley
Voting record
Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.
See Alex Sobel’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →
Every Commons division on file for Alex Sobel — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 1,521 of 2,121 (72%). Recorded in both lobbies (a deliberate abstention) 1 time.
Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.
Government & opposition roles
Alex Sobel doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.
Declared financial interests
From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Alex Sobel →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.
Name of donor: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Address of donor: The Garden House, Water End, York YO30 6WQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Research services provided for two and a half days a week for up to a year between 17 August 2026 - 16 August 2027 (value stated is the maximum), value £24,072
Date received: 14 July 2026 to 15 July 2027
Date accepted: 15 July 2026
Donor status: company, registration 357963
(Registered 31 July 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
A visiting Parliamentary Fellow at St Anthonys College, Oxford. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 4 December 2023
(Registered 14 March 2024)
Vice Chair of the Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 15 July 2025
(Registered 11 September 2025)
Trustee of Leeds International Aid Fund. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 30 October 2025
(Registered 6 November 2025)
Member of Executive Committee of the British Group of the Inter Parliamentary Union
Date interest arose: 26 November 2025
(Registered 28 November 2025)
Written questions to government
No written questions on file for Alex Sobel yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Alex Sobel has ever tabled.
Business costs (IPSA)
£353,144.38 paid out to or for Alex Sobel across 190 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Alex Sobel’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.
Early Day Motions
No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Alex Sobel — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Alex Sobel’s full record.
All-Party Parliamentary Groups
Alex Sobel is a listed officer of 6 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.
Biggest declared funder across these groups: Make Votes Matter — about £57,001.00 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections).
Showing the top 5 of 7 funders.
Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Alex Sobel personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Alex Sobel is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.
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