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Ben Lake vs Dr Marie Tidball

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Dr Marie Tidball voted the same way 42% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

114 same votes 158 different votes 272 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
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 81% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 80% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 77% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 3 No
Energy 62% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 7 No
Migration 56% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 24% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
33 Aye 26 No
Tax 27% aligned 59 shared votes
36 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 5 No
Transport 33% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 8 No
Defence 35% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 38% aligned 8 shared votes
5 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
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 255 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
48.1% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
237
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% 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
39
-44.6 vs Commons average
Rank 513 of 650
69
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Contributions
45
-100.7 vs Commons average
Rank 530 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
£221,186
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£221,186
2% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Transport
27 of 29 votes

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