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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 368 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 364 different votes 368 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
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
27 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
11 Aye 27 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

90.4 %
18 % above average
Rank 17 of 650
Participation
75.2 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 650
510
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
424
564 eligible divisions
265
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
198
46.7 % of votes cast
245
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
226
53.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

8
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 623 of 650
Appearances
193
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 650
8
-119.6 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 650
Contributions
257
+129.4 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650

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

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#5
Education
40 of 49 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
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
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
Where they voted the same
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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