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Claire Hughes vs Ben Obese-Jecty

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

Photograph of Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy
vs
Photograph of Ben Obese-Jecty
Ben Obese-Jecty
Con Huntingdon

Voting alignment

Claire Hughes and Ben Obese-Jecty voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 380 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 375 different votes 380 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 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 5 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
50 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
35 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
35 Aye 50 No
27 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
11 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

89.8%
17% above average
Rank 22 of 649
Participation
74.4%
2% above average
Rank 325 of 649
530
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
439
590 eligible divisions
271
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
205
46.7% of votes cast
259
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
234
53.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

0
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 649
Appearances
206
+122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 649
0
-145.9 vs Commons average
Rank 643 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

£180,797
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£156,927
all imported IPSA years
£180,797
20% below average
Latest expenses
£156,927
31% below average
0
0 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Education
41 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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