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Ben Obese-Jecty vs Michelle Welsh

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


Voting alignment

Ben Obese-Jecty and Michelle Welsh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 360 different votes 367 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 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
22 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
31 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
49 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
49 Aye 31 No
9 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 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
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 141 of 649
439
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
205
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
50.8% of votes cast
234
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
240
49.2% 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

208
+126.3 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 649
Appearances
56
-25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 649
273
+130.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Contributions
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 444 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
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
£156,927
31% below average
Latest expenses
£179,455
21% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 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