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Ben Obese-Jecty vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Ben Obese-Jecty and Apsana Begum voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 322 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 294 different votes 322 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
0 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 21% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 9 No
Housing 13% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 17 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 8 No
Energy 7% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
40 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

74.4%
2% above average
Rank 325 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
439
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
205
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
234
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

208
+126.1 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 649
Appearances
84
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
273
+130.6 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Contributions
94
-48.4 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£156,927
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£156,927
31% below average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API