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Ben Lake vs Freddie van Mierlo

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Freddie van Mierlo voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 181 shared comparable votes.

147 same votes 34 different votes 181 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
5 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 0 No
Energy 100% aligned 9 shared votes
9 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 1 No
Transport 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
15 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 90% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 36% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 9 No
Benefits 72% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
2 Aye 6 No
Education 75% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
29 Aye 9 No
Tax 76% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 3 No
Defence 80% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 650
Participation
41.6%
31% below average
Rank 633 of 650
1,616
2,158 eligible divisions
Total votes
261
627 eligible divisions
902
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
143
54.8% of votes cast
714
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
118
45.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 650
Appearances
101
+7.1 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 650
78
-85.5 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
Contributions
130
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 298 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
£177,310
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£177,310
22% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Benefits
19 of 30 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
34 of 66 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Energy
10 of 20 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