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Bill Esterson vs Ben Obese-Jecty

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


Voting alignment

Bill Esterson and Ben Obese-Jecty voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 300 different votes 307 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
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
36 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
29 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
29 Aye 36 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
Participation
74.4%
2% above average
Rank 325 of 649
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
439
590 eligible divisions
943
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
205
46.7% of votes cast
744
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
234
53.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
Appearances
206
+122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 649
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Contributions
265
+119.1 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£156,927
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25% above average
Latest expenses
£156,927
31% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
#5
Education
41 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

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