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Andrew Western vs Ben Lake
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Andrew Western and Ben Lake voted the same way 64% of the time, based on 457 shared comparable votes.
291 same votes
166 different votes
457 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
72.9 %
same as average
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
698
958 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
344
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
55.7 % of votes cast
354
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
708
44.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
3 years, 8 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Debates
48
-29.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
66
-11.9 vs Commons average
305
+166.7 vs Commons average
Contributions
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
8
1 registered category
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API