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Ben Obese-Jecty vs Kerry McCarthy

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


Voting alignment

Ben Obese-Jecty and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 373 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 368 different votes 373 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
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 16 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
32 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
48 Aye 32 No
10 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
28 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
48 Aye 32 No
10 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
28 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
28 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 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
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 649
439
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
205
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
234
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
827
44.0% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

206
+122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
265
+119.1 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 649
Contributions
110
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 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
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£156,927
31% below average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
66 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#4
Education
84 of 96 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API