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Mark Garnier vs Ben Obese-Jecty

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


Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Ben Obese-Jecty voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 424 shared comparable votes.

410 same votes 14 different votes 424 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
35 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
35 Aye 50 No
26 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
8 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 27 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
10 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
35 Aye 50 No
26 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
8 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 27 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
10 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 118 of 650
Participation
75.0%
3% above average
Rank 308 of 650
2,023
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
477
636 eligible divisions
986
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
222
46.5% of votes cast
1,037
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
255
53.5% of votes cast
25
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

78
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 650
Appearances
221
+124.5 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650
123
-45.2 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 650
Contributions
281
+112.8 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£156,927
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£156,927
31% below average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
4
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

Brexit / EU
211 of 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Trade
89 of 94 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Education
41 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API