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Ben Obese-Jecty vs Torsten Bell

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 Torsten Bell
Torsten Bell
Lab Swansea West

Voting alignment

Ben Obese-Jecty and Torsten Bell voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 319 different votes 323 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 16 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
38 Aye 29 No
3 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
27 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
38 Aye 29 No
3 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
27 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 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
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 395 of 650
463
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
442
619 eligible divisions
218
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
53.4% of votes cast
245
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
206
46.6% 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

208
+119.2 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 650
Appearances
78
-10.8 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
266
+111.4 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 650
Contributions
210
+55.4 vs Commons average
Rank 140 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
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£156,927
31% below average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33% 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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#5
Trade
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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