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Ben Obese-Jecty vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Ben Obese-Jecty and Catherine West voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 274 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 267 different votes 274 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
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
16 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
33 Aye 32 No
Tax 2% aligned 65 shared votes
31 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 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
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
439
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
205
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
234
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

206
+122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 649
Appearances
49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
265
+119.1 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 649
Contributions
60
-85.9 vs Commons average
Rank 475 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£156,927
31% below average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

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