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Ben Lake vs Charlie Maynard

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Charlie Maynard voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 249 shared comparable votes.

199 same votes 50 different votes 249 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
5 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 100% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 90% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 30% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
2 Aye 5 No
Education 71% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
13 Aye 9 No
Benefits 77% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 3 No
Transport 78% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 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 292 of 649
Participation
68.3%
4% below average
Rank 456 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
403
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
204
50.6% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
199
49.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-15.8 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 649
Appearances
84
+2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 649
68
-74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 649
Contributions
118
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 272 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
£182,545
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£182,545
19% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
23
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 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