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Ben Obese-Jecty vs Tom Hayes

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 Tom Hayes
Tom Hayes
Lab Bournemouth East

Voting alignment

Ben Obese-Jecty and Tom Hayes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 359 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 352 different votes 359 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 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 14 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
32 Aye 43 No
Tax 1% aligned 75 shared votes
42 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 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 148 of 649
439
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
205
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
238
49.0% of votes cast
234
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
248
51.0% 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
157
+75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
273
+130.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
Contributions
210
+67.7 vs Commons average
Rank 123 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
£222,072
all imported IPSA years
£156,927
31% below average
Latest expenses
£222,072
2% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#5
Education
44 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API