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Ben Lake vs Dame Diana Johnson

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Dame Diana Johnson voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,205 shared comparable votes.

1,047 same votes 158 different votes 1,205 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
93 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 155 shared votes
93 Aye 62 No
37 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 59 shared votes
37 Aye 22 No
6 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
28 Aye 76 No
Migration 99% aligned 104 shared votes
29 Aye 75 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 6 No
Education 65% aligned 17 shared votes
15 Aye 2 No
31 Aye 23 No
Benefits 70% aligned 54 shared votes
31 Aye 23 No
98 Aye 49 No
Tax 74% aligned 147 shared votes
98 Aye 49 No
64 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 79% aligned 136 shared votes
70 Aye 66 No
24 Aye 18 No
Defence 83% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
3% above average
Rank 307 of 650
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,673
2,406 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
949
56.7% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
724
43.3% 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
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

77
-14.8 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650
Appearances
66
-25.8 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 650
78
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 650
Contributions
157
-2.5 vs Commons average
Rank 220 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
£2,849,618
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£246,131
9% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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

Migration
157 of 163 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
177 of 212 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 94 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 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