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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 63% of the time, based on 441 shared comparable votes.

279 same votes 162 different votes 441 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
8 Aye 2 No
Trade 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 3 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 2 No
Transport 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 29 No
Tax 32% aligned 65 shared votes
46 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 11 No
Benefits 42% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 0 No
Education 44% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 55% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 57% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

74.5 %
1 % above average
Rank 334 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
677
909 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
335
49.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
342
50.5 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
3 years, 5 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
243
+135.1 vs Commons average
Rank 50 of 648
Contributions
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 648

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
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

Democracy / Parliament
13 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Defence
30 of 31 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

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