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Ben Obese-Jecty vs Colum Eastwood

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
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Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Ben Obese-Jecty and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 152 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 136 different votes 152 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 5 No
Education 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 16 No
Tax 21% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 8 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 4% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 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
53.4%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
439
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
885
1,658 eligible divisions
205
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
487
55.0% of votes cast
234
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
398
45.0% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

208
+126.3 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 649
Appearances
20
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 649
273
+130.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Contributions
31
-111.3 vs Commons average
Rank 569 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
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£156,927
31% below average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu 10 Jun 2025
Digital / Online Safety
No
No
Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D 22 May 2025
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Winter Fuel Payment 19 Mar 2025
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 8 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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