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Ben Lake vs Dame Meg Hillier

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,220 shared comparable votes.

1,061 same votes 159 different votes 1,220 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
98 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 167 shared votes
98 Aye 69 No
28 Aye 30 No
Trade 100% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
6 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
36 Aye 91 No
Migration 98% aligned 127 shared votes
38 Aye 89 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 6 No
Education 65% aligned 17 shared votes
15 Aye 2 No
34 Aye 23 No
Benefits 72% aligned 57 shared votes
34 Aye 23 No
110 Aye 50 No
Tax 73% aligned 160 shared votes
110 Aye 50 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 73% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
26 Aye 19 No
Defence 78% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 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 297 of 650
Participation
73.3 %
same as average
Rank 356 of 650
1,579
2,082 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,712
2,337 eligible divisions
877
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
56.6 % of votes cast
702
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
743
43.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
19
1.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

62
-5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
94
+26.5 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650
65
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 650
Contributions
133
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 177 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
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 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
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Education
81 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API