Compare

Ben Lake vs Claire Hughes

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Claire Hughes voted the same way 38% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

118 same votes 189 different votes 307 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 2 No
Environment / Climate 83% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 81% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 77% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 63% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 3 No
Energy 62% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
40 Aye 29 No
Tax 23% aligned 69 shared votes
39 Aye 30 No
17 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 29% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 6 No
Defence 29% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 6 No
Education 33% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 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
89.8%
17% above average
Rank 22 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
530
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
271
51.1% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
259
48.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650
Appearances
0
-83.6 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 650
69
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Contributions
0
-145.7 vs Commons average
Rank 643 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
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 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