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Ben Lake vs Danny Beales

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Danny Beales voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 311 shared comparable votes.

125 same votes 186 different votes 311 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
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
25 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 84% aligned 32 shared votes
26 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 3 No
Energy 62% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 29 No
Tax 23% aligned 71 shared votes
39 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 31% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
3 Aye 6 No
Education 33% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 11 No
Benefits 35% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 3 No
Transport 36% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
Participation
89.6 %
17 % above average
Rank 22 of 649
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
515
575 eligible divisions
892
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
275
53.4 % of votes cast
708
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
240
46.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Appearances
89
+11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 649
68
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 649
Contributions
113
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 260 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
£181,232
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£181,232
20 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

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