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Ben Lake vs Fabian Hamilton

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Fabian Hamilton voted the same way 89% of the time, based on 1,090 shared comparable votes.

974 same votes 116 different votes 1,090 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 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 156 shared votes
89 Aye 67 No
29 Aye 88 No
Migration 100% aligned 117 shared votes
29 Aye 88 No
31 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 0 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
31 Aye 23 No
Trade 96% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 3 No
Housing 69% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 4 No
Education 71% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
91 Aye 51 No
Tax 73% aligned 142 shared votes
99 Aye 43 No
28 Aye 16 No
Benefits 77% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 83% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 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
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 556 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,487
2,406 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
833
56.0% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

78
-14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650
Appearances
7
-85.1 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 650
79
-81.1 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 650
Contributions
12
-148.1 vs Commons average
Rank 621 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
£2,699,927
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£278,935
23% above 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

Migration
157 of 163 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
177 of 212 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
62 of 82 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Housing
49 of 67 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