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Ben Obese-Jecty vs Chris Murray

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 Chris Murray
Chris Murray
Lab Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Voting alignment

Ben Obese-Jecty and Chris Murray voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 364 different votes 369 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 9 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
24 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
33 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
49 Aye 33 No
8 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
49 Aye 33 No
8 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 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 314 of 650
Participation
77.9%
5% above average
Rank 251 of 650
463
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
619 eligible divisions
218
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
48.8% of votes cast
245
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
247
51.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

208
+119.2 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 650
Appearances
61
-27.8 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 650
266
+111.2 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 650
Contributions
101
-53.8 vs Commons average
Rank 359 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
£194,520
all imported IPSA years
£156,927
31% below average
Latest expenses
£194,520
14% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 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
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