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Ben Obese-Jecty vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Ben Obese-Jecty and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 122 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 116 different votes 122 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 4 No
Benefits 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 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
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
439
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
205
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
234
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.7% 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
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

206
+122.4 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 650
Appearances
77
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
265
+119.3 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 650
Contributions
1,127
+981.3 vs Commons average
Rank 3 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
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£156,927
31% below average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API