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Shabana Mahmood vs Ben Obese-Jecty

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

Photograph of Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmood
Lab Birmingham Ladywood
vs
Photograph of Ben Obese-Jecty
Ben Obese-Jecty
Con Huntingdon

Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Ben Obese-Jecty voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 109 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 95 different votes 109 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 4 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 8 No
Tax 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 8 No
Tax 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

53.4%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
Participation
74.3%
2% above average
Rank 330 of 649
1,267
2,373 eligible divisions
Total votes
436
587 eligible divisions
730
57.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
204
46.8% of votes cast
537
42.4% of votes cast
No votes
232
53.2% of votes cast
12
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

73
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
206
+125.3 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 649
845
+704.4 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 649
Contributions
271
+130.4 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£156,927
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27% above average
Latest expenses
£156,927
31% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
5
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
182 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 56 votes
#5
Education
41 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
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 Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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