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Ben Lake vs Chris Coghlan

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Chris Coghlan voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 215 shared comparable votes.

176 same votes 39 different votes 215 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 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 100% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 4 No
Education 67% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 5 No
Defence 71% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 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
52.4%
20% below average
Rank 616 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
309
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
181
58.6% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
128
41.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-16.1 vs Commons average
Rank 332 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 376 of 649
68
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 649
Contributions
72
-70.9 vs Commons average
Rank 431 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
£188,989
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£188,989
16% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Work / Employment
27 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Education
33 of 50 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Tax
70 of 112 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