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Ben Lake vs Andy Slaughter

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Andy Slaughter voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 1,403 shared comparable votes.

1,197 same votes 206 different votes 1,403 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
38 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 62 shared votes
39 Aye 23 No
37 Aye 106 No
Migration 97% aligned 143 shared votes
39 Aye 104 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 5 No
Education 69% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
114 Aye 54 No
Tax 71% aligned 168 shared votes
114 Aye 54 No
33 Aye 23 No
Benefits 71% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
34 Aye 24 No
Defence 74% aligned 58 shared votes
25 Aye 33 No
14 Aye 7 No
Housing 76% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 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
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 161 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,944
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,077
55.4% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
867
44.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
85
+3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
119
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 271 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
£2,905,788
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£285,386
26% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Housing
65 of 67 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Defence
68 of 71 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
53 of 56 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Work / Employment
72 of 77 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