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Ben Lake vs Bobby Dean

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Bobby Dean voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 252 shared comparable votes.

199 same votes 53 different votes 252 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
9 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
18 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 88% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 88% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
34 Aye 22 No
Tax 86% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 27% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
11 Aye 9 No
Benefits 75% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 8 No
Defence 77% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 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 313 of 650
Participation
67.8%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 650
1,619
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
428
631 eligible divisions
903
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
227
53.0% of votes cast
716
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
201
47.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-17.2 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 650
Appearances
99
+4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 650
78
-86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 650
Contributions
111
-53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 354 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
£178,307
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£178,307
21% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Education
41 of 50 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 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