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Jan 18, 20230 min read

Retained EU Bill debate

Jan 21, 20211 min read

Trade Bill Debate

Yesterday I spoke in the Trade Bill debate, defending amendments on: Food Standards NHS Scrutiny Northern Ireland and Human Rights

Jan 23, 20202 min read

Brexit: Alex Sobel Challenges Government on the Environment and Northern Ireland

Theresa May might have pushed her timetable back until after Christmas but for Alex Sobel MP and many of his Parliamentary colleagues,...

Dec 6, 20191 min read

Three Labour Remainers (in a pub)

Join Alex Sobel, Richard Corbett MEP and Mike Galsworthy, Scientists for EU, discussing Labour’s Brexit position. Part One Part Two Part...

Oct 21, 20190 min read

MP in 8 tweets shows why the Brexit timetable failed

Jun 12, 20191 min read

MP quizzes experts over biodiversity post Brexit

Alex Sobel MP raised several valuable points during a recent session of the Environmental Audit Committee at a Cambridge Outreach Event...

Apr 14, 20191 min read

Local MP ‘Crucial’ to Article 50 extension

Alex Sobel has done ‘crucial work to secure the votes we needed in time,’ according to the Member of Parliament who brought forward the...

Mar 28, 20192 min read

Indicative Votes – How I Voted

On Monday, we secured indicative votes for MPs – the aim being to break the Brexit impasse. Yesterday, we voted on eight options. I voted...

Mar 26, 20192 min read

Alex Sobel Speaks at People’s Vote March

Alex Sobel MP addressed crowds at Saturdays ‘Put it to the People’ demonstration in London. With an estimated 1-2 million marchers, the...

Mar 15, 20193 min read

This week’s votes on Brexit. How I voted.

Below is a list of each motion and how I voted: Tuesday Section 13(1)(b) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act main motion This motion...

Feb 6, 20192 min read

Alex Sobel Asks on Behalf of Constituents at Prime Ministers Questions

Alex Sobel has today asked a question at Prime Ministers Questions. The MP for Leeds North West has been successful in the ‘shuffle’ for...

Dec 6, 20181 min read

Alex speaks in the European Union Withdrawal Act Debate

I will not vote for the Prime Minister’s blank cheque withdrawal agreement, and I will oppose a no-deal Brexit with every fibre of my being.

Nov 27, 20180 min read

My Brexit Position

Oct 16, 20181 min read

MP Hits Out at ‘Eagles Fan’ Prime Minister in House of Commons Exchange.

Alex Sobel MP has slammed Theresa May’s Brexit negotiating strategy in a heated exchange in the House of Commons. The Prime Minister...

Sep 11, 20182 min read

Alex Sobel Focuses on Northern Manufacturing at Pro Europe Conference

‘A Britain that chooses to remain within the European Union cannot go back to business as usual.’ That was the view of MP Alex Sobel at...

Jul 19, 20182 min read

Customs Bill Comes To Parliament. How I voted.

On Monday the House was presented with the third reading of the Customs Bill. We were all surprised to see the Government accept the...

Jun 25, 20182 min read

MP discusses Brexit impact with Pool-in-Wharfedale paper manufacturer

Alex Sobel, MP, visited a local paper mill to discuss community development this week but the impacts of Brexit threaten the firm’s...

Jun 15, 20186 min read

EU Withdrawal Bill- How I Voted on the Lords’ Amendments.

During the general election I promised my constituents that the voice of Leeds North West, a constituency that voted decisively to remain...

Oct 4, 20172 min read

Keir Starmer Outlines Brexit Vision at Leeds Event

Keir Starmer visited Headingley yesterday to address residents about the Brexit process and Labour’s vision for the future. He said that...

Sep 13, 20174 min read

My Brexit Red Lines

[This article was originally posted to the Leeds North West Labour Party website and republished here for reference] The EU Withdrawal...