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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
Photograph of Ben Obese-Jecty
Ben Obese-Jecty
Con Huntingdon

Voting alignment

Alex Norris and Ben Obese-Jecty voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 260 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 256 different votes 260 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
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
27 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
6 Aye 27 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
18 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 320 of 648
Participation
74.9 %
2 % above average
Rank 325 of 648
1,545
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
394
526 eligible divisions
872
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
179
45.4 % of votes cast
673
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
215
54.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

32
-28.4 vs Commons average
Rank 479 of 648
Appearances
171
+110.6 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 648
168
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 648
Contributions
223
+114.1 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 648

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
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Work / Employment
64 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Migration
142 of 161 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 23 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 43 votes
#4
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Brexit / EU
159 of 188 votes
#5
Education
40 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
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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