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Alistair Strathern vs Ben Obese-Jecty

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


Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Ben Obese-Jecty voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 382 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 375 different votes 382 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 5 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
50 Aye 37 No
Tax 1% aligned 87 shared votes
36 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
Participation
74.4%
2% above average
Rank 325 of 649
602
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
439
590 eligible divisions
308
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
205
46.7% of votes cast
294
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
234
53.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 649
Appearances
206
+122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 649
75
-70.9 vs Commons average
Rank 427 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

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£156,927
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31% above average
Latest expenses
£156,927
31% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#5
Education
41 of 50 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API