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Ben Obese-Jecty vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Ben Obese-Jecty and Bill Esterson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 300 different votes 307 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 8 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
29 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
36 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
36 Aye 29 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
439
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
205
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
234
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

204
+122.2 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 649
Appearances
55
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 649
263
+120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 649
Contributions
78
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 405 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£156,927
31% below average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API