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Ben Lake vs Ed Miliband

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Ed Miliband voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 993 shared comparable votes.

923 same votes 70 different votes 993 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
89 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 151 shared votes
89 Aye 62 No
23 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
14 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 3 No
Education 75% aligned 12 shared votes
12 Aye 0 No
20 Aye 16 No
Benefits 81% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
70 Aye 29 No
Tax 81% aligned 99 shared votes
69 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 6 No
Energy 93% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

76.0%
4% above average
Rank 284 of 649
Participation
55.1%
17% below average
Rank 593 of 649
1,605
2,113 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,304
2,368 eligible divisions
895
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
721
55.3% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
583
44.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

66
-13.6 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 649
Appearances
52
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 418 of 649
68
-70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 649
Contributions
471
+332.3 vs Commons average
Rank 20 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
£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£221,136
2% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
129 of 171 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
60 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API