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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 177 shared comparable votes.

143 same votes 34 different votes 177 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
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 90% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 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

75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
Participation
41.4%
31% below average
Rank 633 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
244
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
134
54.9% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
110
45.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 332 of 649
Appearances
90
+7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 649
68
-75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 649
Contributions
118
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 276 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
£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

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Benefits
19 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Energy
10 of 20 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 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