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Alex Sobel vs Ben Lake
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Alex Sobel and Ben Lake voted the same way 89% of the time, based on 1,189 shared comparable votes.
1,058 same votes
131 different votes
1,189 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
71.7 %
2 % below average
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
1,474
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
810
55.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
664
45.0 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Debates
84
+24.1 vs Commons average
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
98
-9.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38
15 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API