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Ben Lake vs Emma Hardy

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Emma Hardy voted the same way 89% of the time, based on 1,175 shared comparable votes.

1,047 same votes 128 different votes 1,175 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
93 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 156 shared votes
93 Aye 63 No
10 Aye 5 No
Housing 100% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
25 Aye 87 No
Migration 99% aligned 112 shared votes
24 Aye 88 No
Most different by topic
89 Aye 49 No
Tax 79% aligned 138 shared votes
92 Aye 46 No
24 Aye 17 No
Benefits 80% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
70 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 81% aligned 139 shared votes
64 Aye 75 No
26 Aye 13 No
Defence 85% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 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 297 of 647
Participation
70.6 %
2 % below average
Rank 417 of 647
1,575
2,078 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,467
2,078 eligible divisions
874
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
794
54.1 % of votes cast
701
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
673
45.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

60
-6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650
Appearances
64
-2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 252 of 650
63
-54.8 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
316
+198.2 vs Commons average
Rank 40 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
£1,996,509
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£312,134
38 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
63 of 69 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 40 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 43 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
160 of 188 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