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Ben Lake vs Debbie Abrahams

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Debbie Abrahams voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 1,214 shared comparable votes.

1,031 same votes 183 different votes 1,214 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
91 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 153 shared votes
91 Aye 62 No
38 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 58 shared votes
38 Aye 20 No
2 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
27 Aye 99 No
Migration 98% aligned 126 shared votes
27 Aye 99 No
14 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 96% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 65% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
113 Aye 44 No
Tax 68% aligned 157 shared votes
106 Aye 51 No
27 Aye 23 No
Benefits 68% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 19 No
Defence 74% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 3 No
Education 77% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 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
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 416 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,693
2,406 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
918
54.2% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
775
45.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
15 years, 9 months
Since 13 Jan 2011

Debates

77
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 650
Appearances
65
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 650
78
-83.6 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Contributions
80
-81.6 vs Commons average
Rank 445 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
£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£290,169
28% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Work / Employment
72 of 80 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
175 of 212 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Transport
79 of 96 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

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