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Ben Obese-Jecty vs Alistair Strathern

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 Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Ben Obese-Jecty and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 360 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 354 different votes 360 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 17 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
34 Aye 51 No
Tax 1% aligned 85 shared votes
50 Aye 35 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 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 314 of 650
Participation
79.0 %
6 % above average
Rank 224 of 650
416
554 eligible divisions
Total votes
571
723 eligible divisions
196
47.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
292
51.1 % of votes cast
220
52.9 % of votes cast
No votes
279
48.9 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

189
+121.2 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 650
Appearances
59
-8.8 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
248
+127.6 vs Commons average
Rank 62 of 650
Contributions
68
-52.4 vs Commons average
Rank 398 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
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£156,927
31 % below average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 8 votes
Defence
29 of 33 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Education
40 of 49 votes
#5
Energy
21 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API