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Richard Foord vs Ben Obese-Jecty

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Ben Obese-Jecty voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 248 shared comparable votes.

191 same votes 57 different votes 248 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
23 Aye 36 No
Tax 95% aligned 59 shared votes
20 Aye 39 No
7 Aye 19 No
Education 92% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 92% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 85% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 1 No
Transport 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 6 No
Housing 50% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 81% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

61.1%
12% below average
Rank 566 of 649
Participation
74.4%
2% above average
Rank 325 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
439
590 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
205
46.7% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
234
53.3% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

235
+152.7 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
205
+122.7 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 649
257
+113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 649
Contributions
264
+120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£772,982
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£156,927
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£156,927
31% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
6
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

Foreign Affairs
24 of 29 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Education
41 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

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