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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.

Photograph of James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North
vs
Photograph of Ben Obese-Jecty
Ben Obese-Jecty
Con Huntingdon

Voting alignment

James Murray and Ben Obese-Jecty voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 265 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 261 different votes 265 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
46 Aye 34 No
Tax 1% aligned 80 shared votes
33 Aye 47 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 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
6 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

74.1 %
1 % above average
Rank 346 of 648
Participation
74.9 %
2 % above average
Rank 325 of 648
1,181
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
394
526 eligible divisions
629
53.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
179
45.4 % of votes cast
552
46.7 % of votes cast
No votes
215
54.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

38
-22.4 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 648
Appearances
170
+109.6 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 648
219
+110.1 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 648
Contributions
221
+112.1 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 648

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
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
39 of 41 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 23 votes
Migration
130 of 152 votes
#4
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Education
57 of 68 votes
#5
Education
40 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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