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Jake Richards vs Ben Obese-Jecty

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

Photograph of Jake Richards
Jake Richards
Lab Rother Valley
vs
Photograph of Ben Obese-Jecty
Ben Obese-Jecty
Con Huntingdon

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Ben Obese-Jecty voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 282 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 276 different votes 282 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
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
36 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
21 Aye 36 No
17 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
21 Aye 36 No
17 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

72.8 %
same as average
Rank 364 of 650
Participation
75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 650
410
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
423
563 eligible divisions
213
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
198
46.8 % of votes cast
197
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
225
53.2 % 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

60
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Appearances
191
+120.1 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 650
203
+77.2 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 650
Contributions
255
+129.2 vs Commons average
Rank 62 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£187,382
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£156,927
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£156,927
31 % below average
4
4 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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Defence
29 of 33 votes
Defence
30 of 33 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Education
43 of 49 votes
#5
Education
40 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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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