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Ben Lake vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 1,173 shared comparable votes.

1,033 same votes 140 different votes 1,173 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
97 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
97 Aye 64 No
30 Aye 28 No
Trade 100% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 4 No
Education 73% aligned 15 shared votes
13 Aye 2 No
108 Aye 44 No
Tax 75% aligned 152 shared votes
104 Aye 48 No
28 Aye 24 No
Defence 75% aligned 52 shared votes
21 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 18 No
Benefits 77% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 22 No
Transport 82% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% 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
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
43
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
48
-94.3 vs Commons average
Rank 510 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 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