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Ben Lake vs Alison Taylor

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Alison Taylor voted the same way 45% of the time, based on 166 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 92 different votes 166 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
11 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 5 No
Migration 67% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 3 No
Defence 40% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 25% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 30% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
25 Aye 17 No
Tax 33% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 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
46.9%
26% below average
Rank 626 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
277
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
118
42.6% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
159
57.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
5.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
Appearances
53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649
Contributions
76
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 426 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
£192,583
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£192,583
15% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 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
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Migration
9 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
22 of 32 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Transport
18 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

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