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Ben Obese-Jecty vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Ben Obese-Jecty and Peter Dowd voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 325 different votes 332 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
1 Aye 4 No
Benefits 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
24 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
34 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
52 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
52 Aye 34 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

74.8%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
472
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
220
46.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
252
53.4% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

216
+121.8 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.2 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
276
+111.9 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 650
Contributions
41
-123.1 vs Commons average
Rank 565 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£156,927
31% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API