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Ben Lake vs Dr Beccy Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Dr Beccy Cooper voted the same way 44% of the time, based on 276 shared comparable votes.

121 same votes 155 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
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
25 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 84% aligned 32 shared votes
26 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 77% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 1 No
Education 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 3 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 24 No
Tax 23% aligned 48 shared votes
33 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 31% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 7 No
Benefits 35% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 10 No
Defence 40% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 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
74.1%
1% above average
Rank 332 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
437
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
51.3% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
213
48.7% 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

67
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650
Appearances
46
-37.6 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650
69
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Contributions
65
-80.7 vs Commons average
Rank 462 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
£235,147
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£235,147
4% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
11
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 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