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Ben Obese-Jecty vs Alex Ballinger

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

Photograph of Ben Obese-Jecty
Ben Obese-Jecty
Con Huntingdon
vs
Photograph of Alex Ballinger
Alex Ballinger
Lab Halesowen

Voting alignment

Ben Obese-Jecty and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 350 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 344 different votes 350 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 16 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
23 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
33 Aye 28 No
Tax 2% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
4 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
28 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
28 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

74.8%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 650
Participation
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 279 of 650
469
627 eligible divisions
Total votes
479
627 eligible divisions
218
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
47.8% of votes cast
251
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
250
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

216
+122.4 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 650
Appearances
94
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 650
277
+114.1 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 650
Contributions
173
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£156,927
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
£156,927
31% below average
Latest expenses
£211,093
7% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
1
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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#5
Trade
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API