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Ben Lake vs David Chadwick

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and David Chadwick voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 276 shared comparable votes.

225 same votes 51 different votes 276 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
4 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 100% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 30% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
2 Aye 6 No
Education 75% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 75% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 78% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 7 No
Defence 79% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
3% above average
Rank 307 of 650
Participation
67.6%
5% below average
Rank 467 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
419
620 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
54.7% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
190
45.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-16.0 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 650
Appearances
114
+21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 650
78
-84.0 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Contributions
148
-14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 244 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
£178,068
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£178,068
21% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 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

Migration
157 of 163 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5

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