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Ben Obese-Jecty vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Ben Obese-Jecty and Hilary Benn voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 324 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 317 different votes 324 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 17 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
35 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
35 Aye 26 No
11 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
19 Aye 2 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
439
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
205
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
234
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% 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
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

207
+124.8 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.2 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
272
+128.7 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Contributions
461
+317.7 vs Commons average
Rank 25 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
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£156,927
31% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
68 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API