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Ben Lake vs Catherine West
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Ben Lake and Catherine West voted the same way 89% of the time, based on 1,244 shared comparable votes.
1,105 same votes
139 different votes
1,244 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
75.8%
3% above average
Participation
73.5%
1% above average
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
46
-35.7 vs Commons average
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
57
-85.3 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API