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Ben Obese-Jecty vs James Murray

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 James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Ben Obese-Jecty and James Murray voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 318 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 313 different votes 318 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 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
35 Aye 53 No
Tax 1% aligned 88 shared votes
52 Aye 36 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
1 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
18 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

74.8%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 650
Participation
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 339 of 650
472
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,252
1,699 eligible divisions
220
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
53.0% of votes cast
252
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
588
47.0% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

217
+122.5 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650
Appearances
106
+11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 650
277
+112.5 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 650
Contributions
784
+619.5 vs Commons average
Rank 8 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£156,927
31% below average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 63 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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