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Ben Lake vs Bridget Phillipson

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Bridget Phillipson voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 967 shared comparable votes.

885 same votes 82 different votes 967 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
87 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 153 shared votes
87 Aye 66 No
23 Aye 28 No
Trade 100% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
30 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 6 No
Education 67% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
22 Aye 10 No
Benefits 78% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 14 No
Defence 83% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 86% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
45 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 86% aligned 86 shared votes
55 Aye 31 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
56.1 %
17 % below average
Rank 600 of 647
1,575
2,078 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,308
2,333 eligible divisions
874
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
784
59.9 % of votes cast
701
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
524
40.1 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

60
-7.0 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
Appearances
48
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 649
63
-56.1 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 649
Contributions
460
+340.9 vs Commons average
Rank 16 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
£2,958,445
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£276,480
22 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
13
2 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Education
77 of 95 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
31 of 43 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
60 of 88 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