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Ben Lake vs Derek Twigg

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Derek Twigg voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 989 shared comparable votes.

836 same votes 153 different votes 989 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
14 Aye 24 No
Trade 100% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
80 Aye 44 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 124 shared votes
79 Aye 45 No
31 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 47 shared votes
32 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
89 Aye 33 No
Tax 69% aligned 122 shared votes
81 Aye 41 No
8 Aye 3 No
Education 73% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
65 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 74% aligned 118 shared votes
66 Aye 52 No
21 Aye 15 No
Defence 75% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 17 No
Transport 81% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 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
58.0%
14% below average
Rank 587 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,396
2,406 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
804
57.6% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
592
42.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
27
1.9% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

77
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 650
Appearances
50
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
78
-83.6 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Contributions
39
-122.6 vs Commons average
Rank 569 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
£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£227,917
1% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
145 of 212 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 82 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API