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Ben Obese-Jecty vs Gareth Thomas

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Ben Obese-Jecty and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 274 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 269 different votes 274 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
34 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
34 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
21 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
439
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
205
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
234
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% 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
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

205
+122.7 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
264
+120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 649
Contributions
48
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 514 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£156,927
31% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API