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Ben Lake vs Dan Carden

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Dan Carden voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 1,158 shared comparable votes.

1,020 same votes 138 different votes 1,158 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 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 158 shared votes
93 Aye 65 No
13 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 4 No
Education 71% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
111 Aye 56 No
Tax 72% aligned 167 shared votes
115 Aye 52 No
13 Aye 7 No
Housing 75% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
28 Aye 17 No
Benefits 80% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
50 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 84% aligned 117 shared votes
51 Aye 66 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
69.2 %
4 % below average
Rank 452 of 650
1,579
2,082 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,440
2,082 eligible divisions
877
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
801
55.6 % of votes cast
702
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
639
44.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.7 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

62
-5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
24
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 650
65
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 650
Contributions
33
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 543 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
£1,875,223
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£298,675
32 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
15
5 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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
162 of 188 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
69 of 84 votes

Recent voting overlap

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