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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 332 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 327 different votes 332 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
23 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
31 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
47 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
47 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 314 of 650
Participation
91.0 %
18 % above average
Rank 14 of 650
419
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
508
558 eligible divisions
196
46.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
264
52.0 % of votes cast
223
53.2 % of votes cast
No votes
244
48.0 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

190
+120.2 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 650
Appearances
19
-50.8 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 650
256
+132.1 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 650
Contributions
30
-93.9 vs Commons average
Rank 555 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
£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
37 of 37 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Defence
29 of 33 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Education
40 of 49 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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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