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Ben Lake vs Dr Rupa Huq

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Dr Rupa Huq voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,266 shared comparable votes.

1,085 same votes 181 different votes 1,266 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
95 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 165 shared votes
95 Aye 70 No
6 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
34 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 54 shared votes
35 Aye 19 No
35 Aye 92 No
Migration 97% aligned 127 shared votes
37 Aye 90 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 6 No
Education 64% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
108 Aye 53 No
Tax 68% aligned 161 shared votes
99 Aye 62 No
30 Aye 23 No
Benefits 70% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
33 Aye 24 No
Defence 75% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
66 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 80% aligned 137 shared votes
60 Aye 77 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
73.9%
1% above average
Rank 331 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,777
2,406 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
971
54.6% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
806
45.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

77
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 650
Appearances
75
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
78
-83.6 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Contributions
75
-86.6 vs Commons average
Rank 456 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
£1,593,926
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£234,745
4% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Work / Employment
69 of 80 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 94 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