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Andy Slaughter vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Andy Slaughter and Ben Lake voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,363 shared comparable votes.

1,173 same votes 190 different votes 1,363 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
92 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 160 shared votes
92 Aye 68 No
6 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
39 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 62 shared votes
38 Aye 24 No
38 Aye 103 No
Migration 98% aligned 141 shared votes
37 Aye 104 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 2 No
Education 69% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
33 Aye 23 No
Benefits 71% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
114 Aye 51 No
Tax 73% aligned 165 shared votes
111 Aye 54 No
13 Aye 8 No
Housing 76% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
75 Aye 80 No
Crime / Justice 79% aligned 155 shared votes
74 Aye 81 No

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

Voting record

81.6 %
8 % above average
Rank 178 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,887
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
1,058
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
829
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

76
+16.1 vs Commons average
Rank 156 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
102
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 221 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

£2,905,788
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£285,386
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
1
1 registered category
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

Housing
64 of 66 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Defence
56 of 59 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
NHS / Health
53 of 56 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 75 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