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Andrew Bowie vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Ben Lake voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 1,346 shared comparable votes.

141 same votes 1,205 different votes 1,346 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
3 Aye 8 No
Education 27% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
54 Aye 108 No
Tax 22% aligned 162 shared votes
115 Aye 47 No
65 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 18% aligned 132 shared votes
69 Aye 63 No
18 Aye 33 No
Benefits 16% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 25 No
Defence 14% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 4 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
106 Aye 43 No
Migration 2% aligned 149 shared votes
40 Aye 109 No
36 Aye 40 No
Trade 3% aligned 76 shared votes
42 Aye 34 No

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

Voting record

80.4%
8% above average
Rank 189 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
9
0.5% 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

68
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 649
Appearances
66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
112
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649
Contributions
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,982,147
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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

Brexit / EU
187 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API