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Ben Obese-Jecty vs Matt Turmaine

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 Matt Turmaine
Matt Turmaine
Lab Watford

Voting alignment

Ben Obese-Jecty and Matt Turmaine voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 422 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 413 different votes 422 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 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 17 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
23 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
35 Aye 49 No
Tax 1% aligned 84 shared votes
48 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

74.7%
2% above average
Rank 318 of 650
Participation
91.3%
19% above average
Rank 12 of 650
463
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
566
620 eligible divisions
218
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
291
51.4% of votes cast
245
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
275
48.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

211
+120.0 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650
Appearances
44
-47.0 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 650
270
+111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 650
Contributions
65
-93.5 vs Commons average
Rank 485 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
£150,619
all imported IPSA years
£156,927
31% below average
Latest expenses
£150,619
33% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#2
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API