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Alex Norris vs Ben Obese-Jecty

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Alex Norris
Alex Norris
Lab Nottingham North and Kimberley
vs
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Ben Obese-Jecty
Con Huntingdon

Voting alignment

Alex Norris and Ben Obese-Jecty voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 300 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 295 different votes 300 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 5 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
6 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

75.3%
3% above average
Rank 302 of 649
Participation
74.4%
2% above average
Rank 325 of 649
1,597
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
439
590 eligible divisions
891
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
205
46.7% of votes cast
706
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
234
53.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

59
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
Appearances
206
+122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 649
501
+355.1 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 649
Contributions
265
+119.1 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,827,073
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£156,927
all imported IPSA years
£301,924
33% above average
Latest expenses
£156,927
31% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
144 of 163 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 73 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 46 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
159 of 188 votes
#5
Education
41 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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