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Lauren Edwards vs Ben Obese-Jecty

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

Photograph of Lauren Edwards
Lauren Edwards
Lab Rochester and Strood
vs
Photograph of Ben Obese-Jecty
Ben Obese-Jecty
Con Huntingdon

Voting alignment

Lauren Edwards and Ben Obese-Jecty voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 361 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 354 different votes 361 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
42 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
35 Aye 42 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
35 Aye 42 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

87.1 %
14 % above average
Rank 61 of 650
Participation
75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 311 of 650
480
551 eligible divisions
Total votes
414
551 eligible divisions
241
50.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
195
47.1 % of votes cast
239
49.8 % of votes cast
No votes
219
52.9 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

45
-22.0 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 650
Appearances
186
+119.0 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 650
61
-58.1 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650
Contributions
240
+120.9 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£133,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£156,927
all imported IPSA years
£133,786
41 % below average
Latest expenses
£156,927
31 % below average
2
1 registered category
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

Defence
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
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 31 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Education
40 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
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
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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