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Ben Obese-Jecty vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Ben Obese-Jecty and Paula Barker voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 372 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 364 different votes 372 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 17 No
Benefits 15% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
36 Aye 30 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
36 Aye 30 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 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

74.4%
2% above average
Rank 325 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
439
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
205
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
234
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

208
+126.3 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 649
Appearances
78
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
273
+130.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Contributions
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 390 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£156,927
31% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
52 of 54 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 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