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James Murray vs Ben Obese-Jecty

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


Voting alignment

James Murray and Ben Obese-Jecty voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 289 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 284 different votes 289 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 5 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
46 Aye 36 No
Tax 1% aligned 82 shared votes
35 Aye 47 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
Participation
74.4%
2% above average
Rank 325 of 649
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
439
590 eligible divisions
647
53.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
205
46.7% of votes cast
570
46.8% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

97
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 649
Appearances
206
+122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 649
757
+611.1 vs Commons average
Rank 6 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

£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£156,927
all imported IPSA years
£293,355
30% above average
Latest expenses
£156,927
31% below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
3
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

Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Housing
48 of 54 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Migration
132 of 154 votes
#4
Education
58 of 69 votes
#5
Education
41 of 50 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API