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Ben Lake vs Christian Wakeford

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Christian Wakeford voted the same way 47% of the time, based on 1,004 shared comparable votes.

476 same votes 528 different votes 1,004 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
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
31 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 80% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
34 Aye 97 No
Migration 76% aligned 131 shared votes
33 Aye 98 No
23 Aye 7 No
Energy 67% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 17% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 18 No
Transport 21% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
30 Aye 23 No
Benefits 30% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 19 No
Trade 32% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 32% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 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
86.2%
14% above average
Rank 73 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,429
1,658 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
684
47.9% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
745
52.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
Appearances
1
-82.7 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 649
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649
Contributions
1
-144.9 vs Commons average
Rank 633 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
£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£335,718
48% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Defence
69 of 70 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 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