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Jeff Smith vs Ben Obese-Jecty

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

Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington
vs
Photograph of Ben Obese-Jecty
Ben Obese-Jecty
Con Huntingdon

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Ben Obese-Jecty voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 332 different votes 338 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 5 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
46 Aye 32 No
Tax 1% aligned 78 shared votes
31 Aye 47 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

79.5 %
6 % above average
Rank 228 of 648
Participation
74.9 %
2 % above average
Rank 325 of 648
1,837
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
394
526 eligible divisions
1,009
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
179
45.4 % of votes cast
828
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
215
54.6 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

16
-44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 648
Appearances
170
+109.6 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 648
21
-87.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 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

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£156,927
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£156,927
31 % below average
3
2 registered categories
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

Housing
61 of 66 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 23 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 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
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 its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
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
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
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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