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Ben Lake vs Alison Bennett

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Alison Bennett voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 278 shared comparable votes.

233 same votes 45 different votes 278 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
10 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 100% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
2 Aye 5 No
Education 71% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 75% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
15 Aye 9 No
Defence 79% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 0 No
Trade 80% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
3% above average
Rank 307 of 650
Participation
70.8%
2% below average
Rank 404 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
439
620 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
54.4% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
200
45.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-16.0 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 650
Appearances
161
+68.0 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 650
78
-84.0 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Contributions
186
+24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£141,775
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£141,775
37% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
2
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

Migration
157 of 163 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Education
40 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API