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Sarah Edwards vs Ben Obese-Jecty

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

Photograph of Sarah Edwards
Sarah Edwards
Lab Tamworth
vs
Photograph of Ben Obese-Jecty
Ben Obese-Jecty
Con Huntingdon

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Ben Obese-Jecty voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 266 different votes 269 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
14 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
43 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
25 Aye 43 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
25 Aye 43 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

63.6 %
10 % below average
Rank 536 of 647
Participation
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 317 of 647
449
706 eligible divisions
Total votes
403
537 eligible divisions
258
57.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
186
46.2 % of votes cast
191
42.5 % of votes cast
No votes
217
53.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 7 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

35
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 647
Appearances
179
+115.4 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 647
56
-57.6 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 647
Contributions
232
+118.4 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£322,568
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£156,927
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£156,927
31 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
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

Democracy / Parliament
12 of 12 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 43 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Tax
94 of 135 votes
#4
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Devolution / Local Government
18 of 26 votes
#5
Education
40 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API