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Alistair Strathern vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Ben Lake voted the same way 53% of the time, based on 381 shared comparable votes.

201 same votes 180 different votes 381 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 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 28 No
Migration 92% aligned 36 shared votes
7 Aye 29 No
7 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 90% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
21 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 83% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 31 No
Tax 32% aligned 79 shared votes
50 Aye 29 No
3 Aye 2 No
Education 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
29 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 40% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 41% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 12 No
Transport 41% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
602
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
308
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
294
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

66
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
75
-70.9 vs Commons average
Rank 427 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

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API