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Ben Lake vs Andrew Western
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Ben Lake and Andrew Western voted the same way 64% of the time, based on 457 shared comparable votes.
291 same votes
166 different votes
457 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
76.0 %
3 % above average
Participation
72.9 %
same as average
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
698
958 eligible divisions
892
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
344
49.3 % of votes cast
708
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
354
50.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
3 years, 7 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Debates
67
-11.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
48
-30.5 vs Commons average
69
-70.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
305
+165.7 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
1 registered category
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API