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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 84% of the time, based on 273 shared comparable votes.

229 same votes 44 different votes 273 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 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 3 No
Energy 100% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 100% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 11 No
Benefits 61% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 2 No
Housing 67% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
26 Aye 15 No
Tax 68% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
2 Aye 5 No
Education 71% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 650
Participation
79.6 %
7 % above average
Rank 214 of 650
1,585
2,089 eligible divisions
Total votes
444
558 eligible divisions
881
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
246
55.4 % of votes cast
704
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
198
44.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 650
Appearances
157
+88.9 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650
63
-58.0 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 650
Contributions
241
+120.0 vs Commons average
Rank 65 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
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Housing
30 of 31 votes
Trade
79 of 85 votes
#3
Energy
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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