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Ben Lake vs Dr Simon Opher

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Dr Simon Opher voted the same way 46% of the time, based on 275 shared comparable votes.

126 same votes 149 different votes 275 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
17 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 90% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 80% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 6 No
Benefits 71% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 3 No
Energy 64% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
Housing 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
42 Aye 23 No
Tax 25% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 31% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 5 No
Transport 31% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 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
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 202 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
223
47.3% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
248
52.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.5% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
Appearances
49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 649
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649
Contributions
73
-72.9 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£204,255
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£204,255
10% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Trade
7 of 7 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 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