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Steve Reed vs Ben Obese-Jecty

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

Photograph of Steve Reed
Steve Reed
Lab Streatham and Croydon North
vs
Photograph of Ben Obese-Jecty
Ben Obese-Jecty
Con Huntingdon

Voting alignment

Steve Reed and Ben Obese-Jecty voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 176 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 174 different votes 176 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
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
30 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
11 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
11 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

62.4 %
11 % below average
Rank 553 of 647
Participation
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 317 of 647
1,450
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
403
537 eligible divisions
854
58.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
186
46.2 % of votes cast
596
41.1 % of votes cast
No votes
217
53.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
13 years, 6 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

40
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 647
Appearances
179
+115.3 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 647
350
+236.2 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 647
Contributions
232
+118.2 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£156,927
all imported IPSA years
£293,477
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£156,927
31 % below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 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

Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Trade
65 of 88 votes
#4
Defence
19 of 22 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 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
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
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
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