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Ed Miliband vs Ben Obese-Jecty

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


Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Ben Obese-Jecty voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 128 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 125 different votes 128 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 7 No
Tax 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 7 No
Tax 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 0 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

55.0%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 649
Participation
74.4%
2% above average
Rank 325 of 649
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
439
590 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
205
46.7% of votes cast
583
44.6% 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
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 649
Appearances
206
+122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 649
662
+516.1 vs Commons average
Rank 10 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

£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£156,927
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£156,927
31% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
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

Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 34 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Trade
60 of 91 votes
#5
Education
41 of 50 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API