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Alex Sobel
PartyLabour (Co-op)
GenderMale
Financial interests
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP
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)
Payer Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Value £24,072
Date 31/07/2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Two tickets and hospitality for the FA Cup Semi Final between Leeds Utd and Chelsea FC
Payer Football Association Ltd
Value £500
Date 01/06/2026
One ticket and hospitality for the Ivor Novello Awards
Payer Music Publishers Association
Value £1,314
Date 01/06/2026
Ticket for Leeds Utd v Brentford match
Payer Leeds United FC
Value £340
Date 12/04/2026
two tickets and hospitality for the Brit Awards at Co-op Live, Manchester
Payer BPI
Value £3,432
Date 15/03/2026
2 floor tickets and dinner for the Mercury Music Prize at the Utilita Arena, Newcastle
Payer BPI
Value £660
Date 22/10/2025
Miscellaneous
Member of Executive Committee of the British Group of the Inter Parliamentary Union
Date 28/11/2025
Trustee of Leeds International Aid Fund. This is an unpaid role.
Date 06/11/2025
Vice Chair of the Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus. This is an unpaid role.
Date 11/09/2025
A visiting Parliamentary Fellow at St Anthonys College, Oxford. This is an unpaid role.
Date 14/03/2024
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 28/07/2023
Data source: UK Parliament Register of Members Financial Interests. These are inbound declarations (interests) — distinct from outbound taxpayer expenses.
Parliamentary activity
Recent speeches
· Commons Chamber
I have long called in this House for the proscription of the IRGC. Last year, the Joint Committee on Human Rights, on which I sit, undertook an inquiry into transnational repression, which found that Iran was one of the most flagrant perpetrators of tran…
View full debate context for Iran· Commons Chamber
The Government have produced a global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security report, and I support the call by my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Derbyshire (Jonathan Davies) for the analysis to be released in full. The information al…
View full debate context for State of Climate and Nature· Commons Chamber
I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests with regard to my visit to Palestine with Yachad. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield Central (Abtisam Mohamed) for securing the debate and for her exemplary argume…
View full debate context for Israeli Settlements: Trade Ban· Westminster Hall
I am proud that my constituency has the largest population of Jewish students in the country. I was a Jewish student at the University of Leeds, as were my parents. We have had a Hillel house for over 70 years. It provides kosher accommodation for five y…
View full debate context for Antisemitism: University Campuses· Commons Chamber
I commend the Minister on an excellent and brave speech. When the Cass report came out, I was criticised for not accepting it in full, and now the very same people who said that to me are not accepting the Cass report in full. Does he agree that that is…
View full debate context for Puberty Blockers· Westminster Hall
Absolutely. If one looks at the geography of Indonesia and its different sized islands, such as Sumatra, New Guinea or Borneo, and the evolution of species on those islands over millions of years, that is what created these unique animal and plant specie…
View full debate context for Environmental Sustainability: UK-Indonesia Collaboration· Westminster Hall
Absolutely. Unfortunately, that follows a history of 60 years of extrajudicial killings and internal displacement in what are, and have traditionally been, very thickly forested areas. The island of New Guinea, which includes Papua New Guinea, is the wor…
View full debate context for Environmental Sustainability: UK-Indonesia Collaboration· Westminster Hall
As you have made clear, Sir Jeremy, I have a little time, so I start, as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on West Papua, by dedicating my speech to our former vice-chair, Lord Harries of Pentregarth, who passed away recently. He was a fervent s…
View full debate context for Environmental Sustainability: UK-Indonesia Collaboration· Westminster Hall
I was also delighted to see today that that announcement has been made. Is my hon. Friend aware that the five-year delay in passing the regulations has meant that imports totalling 54,000 hectares of tropical forests have happened? That is an area the si…
View full debate context for Environmental Sustainability: UK-Indonesia Collaboration· Commons Chamber
On the amendment from the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith), I think we have made some progress with the Minister, but it is clear that trying to isolate the issues around fair trial from other matters is complex.…
View full debate context for Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill
Recent votes
- Voted Aye
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation)
· 330 Ayes, 109 Noes
- Voted Aye
Trade Unions
· 330 Ayes, 109 Noes
- Voted No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill
· 104 Ayes, 412 Noes
- Voted No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill
· 102 Ayes, 409 Noes
- Voted No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill
· 93 Ayes, 323 Noes
- Voted Aye
Town and Country Planning
· 283 Ayes, 182 Noes
- Voted Aye
Health and Safety
· 317 Ayes, 103 Noes
- Voted Aye
Education
· 369 Ayes, 102 Noes
- Voted Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill
· 394 Ayes, 85 Noes
- Voted No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill
· 177 Ayes, 308 Noes
Recent written questions
No recent written questions answered by this MP.
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