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Ben Obese-Jecty vs Deirdre Costigan

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 Deirdre Costigan
Deirdre Costigan
Lab Ealing Southall

Voting alignment

Ben Obese-Jecty and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 352 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 346 different votes 352 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 7 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
23 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
33 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
47 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
47 Aye 33 No
11 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 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
91.2%
19% above average
Rank 13 of 649
439
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
538
590 eligible divisions
205
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
277
51.5% of votes cast
234
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
261
48.5% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

208
+126.3 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 649
Appearances
16
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
273
+130.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Contributions
19
-123.3 vs Commons average
Rank 606 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
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£156,927
31% below average
Latest expenses
£196,485
13% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
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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