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Ben Lake vs Claire Hanna

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Claire Hanna voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 670 shared comparable votes.

657 same votes 13 different votes 670 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
34 Aye 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 121 shared votes
34 Aye 87 No
23 Aye 31 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 17 No
Trade 100% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 5 No
Education 64% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
39 Aye 18 No
Tax 95% aligned 57 shared votes
38 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 14 No
Transport 95% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
35 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 79 shared votes
34 Aye 45 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 301 of 648
Participation
46.8 %
26 % below average
Rank 625 of 648
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
746
1,594 eligible divisions
867
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
385
51.6 % of votes cast
695
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
361
48.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 648
Appearances
22
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 648
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 648
Contributions
30
-78.9 vs Commons average
Rank 547 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,304,824
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£301,191
33 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
42 of 50 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Migration
122 of 152 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
32 of 50 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
22 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API