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Ben Lake vs Angela Rayner

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Angela Rayner voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 1,113 shared comparable votes.

1,021 same votes 92 different votes 1,113 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
89 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 152 shared votes
89 Aye 63 No
21 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 71% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 8 No
Benefits 81% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 1 No
Education 82% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
61 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 84% aligned 127 shared votes
61 Aye 66 No
20 Aye 23 No
Transport 86% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 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 297 of 647
Participation
66.3 %
7 % below average
Rank 497 of 647
1,575
2,078 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,547
2,333 eligible divisions
874
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
864
55.9 % of votes cast
701
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
683
44.1 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

60
-7.0 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
Appearances
12
-55.0 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 649
63
-56.1 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 649
Contributions
58
-61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 433 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
£1,886,725
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£219,458
3 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Work / Employment
57 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API