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Benjamin Obese-Jecty (, born September 1979) is a British Conservative politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdon since 2024.
Obese-Jecty served a tour of duty in Iraq as a battle casualty replacement, "only three months after completing his training". From 2009 to 2010, as part of Operation Herrick 11, he served a tour in Afghanistan in an "embedded partnership role mentoring the Afghan National Army's 2nd Kandak" in Sangin, Helmand Province.
Obese-Jecty moved to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers on 11 December 2012, thereby ending his active military service.
Obese-Jecty spent two years as an Academy Trust at Esher Sixth Form College from 2021 to 2023. He was a member of the Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committee for the South West region for a three-year term from February 2021 to February 2024.
In September 2023, Obese-Jecty was selected as the Conservative candidate to succeed Jonathan Djanogly as Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdon. At the 2024 general election, he was elected as the next MP for Huntingdon with 18,257 votes and a majority of 1,499 over the second-placed Labour candidate.
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”. A Conservative peer who made similar claims later apologised and paid “significant damages” to one of the team’s contestants.
Obese-Jecty gave his maiden speech on 22 July 2024, during the King's Speech debate on the Economy, Welfare and Public Services.
In the 2024 Conservative leadership election, he endorsed Kemi Badenoch.
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