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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 1,243 shared comparable votes.

1,078 same votes 165 different votes 1,243 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
31 Aye 30 No
Trade 100% aligned 61 shared votes
31 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
35 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 56 shared votes
36 Aye 20 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
27 Aye 20 No
Defence 79% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 346 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
985
56.4% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
760
43.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
123
+41.3 vs Commons average
Rank 103 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
172
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 163 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
£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
9
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
157 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 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
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API