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Afzal Khan vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Afzal Khan and Ben Lake voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,318 shared comparable votes.

1,135 same votes 183 different votes 1,318 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
93 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 159 shared votes
93 Aye 66 No
33 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 64 shared votes
33 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 1 No
Education 67% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
105 Aye 56 No
Tax 71% aligned 161 shared votes
115 Aye 46 No
24 Aye 31 No
Defence 73% aligned 55 shared votes
33 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 8 No
Housing 76% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
75 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 78% aligned 154 shared votes
75 Aye 79 No

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

Voting record

78.5%
6% above average
Rank 230 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,665
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
927
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
738
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

38
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
42
-103.9 vs Commons average
Rank 540 of 649
Contributions
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,767,463
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£247,867
10% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Housing
52 of 55 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 52 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
44 of 49 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API