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Ben Lake vs Alex Burghart

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Alex Burghart voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 1,392 shared comparable votes.

149 same votes 1,243 different votes 1,392 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
6 Aye 7 No
Education 38% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
115 Aye 54 No
Tax 25% aligned 169 shared votes
55 Aye 114 No
30 Aye 25 No
Defence 20% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
75 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 17% aligned 150 shared votes
77 Aye 73 No
25 Aye 22 No
Benefits 13% aligned 47 shared votes
16 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 77 shared votes
36 Aye 41 No
15 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 1 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
36 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 2% aligned 57 shared votes
20 Aye 37 No

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

Voting record

75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
Participation
85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
870
48.2% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
935
51.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
80
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
132
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

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