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Ben Obese-Jecty vs Sarah Russell

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


Voting alignment

Ben Obese-Jecty and Sarah Russell voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 371 different votes 376 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
35 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
11 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
11 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 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
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 649
439
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
205
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
247
50.8% of votes cast
234
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
239
49.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

206
+122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 649
Appearances
97
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
265
+119.1 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 649
Contributions
145
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 216 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
£179,204
all imported IPSA years
£156,927
31% below average
Latest expenses
£179,204
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#5
Education
49 of 50 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API