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Ben Lake vs Charlotte Nichols

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Charlotte Nichols voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 960 shared comparable votes.

785 same votes 175 different votes 960 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
21 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
26 Aye 99 No
Migration 98% aligned 125 shared votes
27 Aye 98 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 6 No
Education 57% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
85 Aye 39 No
Tax 62% aligned 124 shared votes
80 Aye 44 No
30 Aye 18 No
Benefits 71% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
31 Aye 20 No
Defence 75% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 7 No
Housing 76% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 650
Participation
77.1 %
4 % above average
Rank 267 of 650
1,585
2,089 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,254
1,626 eligible divisions
881
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
645
51.4 % of votes cast
704
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
609
48.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

60
-9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650
Appearances
18
-51.8 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
63
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 650
Contributions
21
-102.9 vs Commons average
Rank 591 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
£1,254,140
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£305,109
35 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Education
63 of 68 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Housing
49 of 53 votes
Trade
79 of 85 votes
#3
Energy
40 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
60 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

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