Benjamin Obese-Jecty (/ˌɒbsiːˈdʒɛktiː/,[1] born September 1979) is a British Conservative politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdon since 2024. ....

In the 2019 general election, Obese-Jecty was selected for the Conservative Party in the safe Labour seat of Hackney North and Stoke Newington against then Labour Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott. He finished second behind Abbott achieving 11.9% of the vote.[15] During the campaign Obese-Jecty was subjected to racial slurs from other black people because he was standing for the Conservative Party.[16]

In November 2023, Obese-Jecty claimed that the mascot of a University Challenge team, a blue octopus soft toy, was an antisemitic symbol. He said its appearance was “disgraceful” and that “antisemitism is fast becoming normalised”.[20] A Conservative peer who made similar claims later apologised and paid “significant damages” to one of the team’s contestants.[21]

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