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Ben Obese-Jecty vs Jim Dickson

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 Jim Dickson
Jim Dickson
Lab Dartford

Voting alignment

Ben Obese-Jecty and Jim Dickson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 384 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 378 different votes 384 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 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 16 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
25 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
35 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
11 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
11 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

74.2%
2% above average
Rank 330 of 649
Participation
88.6%
16% above average
Rank 36 of 649
435
586 eligible divisions
Total votes
519
586 eligible divisions
204
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
47.8% of votes cast
231
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
271
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

206
+125.8 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 649
Appearances
130
+49.8 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 649
271
+131.3 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 649
Contributions
145
+5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 198 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
£172,033
all imported IPSA years
£156,927
31% below average
Latest expenses
£172,033
24% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#5
Education
47 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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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