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Ben Lake vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Bill Esterson voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,224 shared comparable votes.

1,066 same votes 158 different votes 1,224 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 57 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 146 shared votes
89 Aye 57 No
3 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
37 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 54 shared votes
38 Aye 16 No
33 Aye 88 No
Migration 97% aligned 121 shared votes
35 Aye 86 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 5 No
Education 69% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
104 Aye 50 No
Tax 74% aligned 154 shared votes
104 Aye 50 No
18 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 76% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
30 Aye 22 No
Defence 77% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
32 Aye 18 No
Benefits 78% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 412 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,696
2,406 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
946
55.8% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
750
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

77
-14.8 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650
Appearances
67
-24.8 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 650
78
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 650
Contributions
93
-66.5 vs Commons average
Rank 399 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
168 of 212 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 80 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API