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Ben Obese-Jecty vs Emily Thornberry

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 Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Ben Obese-Jecty and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 231 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 229 different votes 231 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
1 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
23 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
1 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
23 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

74.2%
3% above average
Rank 325 of 649
Participation
62.0%
10% below average
Rank 545 of 649
432
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,468
2,368 eligible divisions
201
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
814
55.4% of votes cast
231
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.6% 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
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

205
+125.0 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 649
Appearances
76
-4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 649
271
+131.6 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 649
Contributions
128
-11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 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
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£156,927
31% below average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#2
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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