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Ben Lake vs David Burton-Sampson

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and David Burton-Sampson voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 313 shared comparable votes.

126 same votes 187 different votes 313 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
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 88% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 84% aligned 19 shared votes
18 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 77% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 3 No
Energy 62% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
41 Aye 29 No
Tax 23% aligned 70 shared votes
39 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 31% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 5 No
Transport 38% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 11 No
Benefits 38% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 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
87.3%
15% above average
Rank 58 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
515
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
268
52.0% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
247
48.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650
Appearances
55
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 425 of 650
69
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Contributions
57
-88.7 vs Commons average
Rank 485 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
£191,962
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£191,962
15% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 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