The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Tuesday 1 September 2026.

Compare

Chris Bryant vs Ben Obese-Jecty

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

Photograph of Chris Bryant
Chris Bryant
Lab Rhondda and Ogmore
vs
Photograph of Ben Obese-Jecty
Ben Obese-Jecty
Con Huntingdon

Voting alignment

Chris Bryant and Ben Obese-Jecty voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 212 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 208 different votes 212 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
5 Aye 4 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
32 Aye 23 No
Tax 2% aligned 55 shared votes
22 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

66.2 %
6 % below average
Rank 497 of 649
Participation
74.3 %
2 % above average
Rank 331 of 649
1,563
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
575 eligible divisions
891
57.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
198
46.4 % of votes cast
672
43.0 % of votes cast
No votes
229
53.6 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
Appearances
198
+120.1 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
443
+304.7 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650
Contributions
266
+127.7 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,807,799
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£156,927
all imported IPSA years
£277,046
23 % above average
Latest expenses
£156,927
31 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
5
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Defence
52 of 71 votes
#5
Education
41 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API