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Ben Lake vs Dr Ellie Chowns
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Ben Lake and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 295 shared comparable votes.
251 same votes
44 different votes
295 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
74.9%
3% above average
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
494
620 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
277
56.1% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
217
43.9% 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
-15.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
260
+167.1 vs Commons average
78
-83.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
379
+217.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38
15 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API