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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 1,178 shared comparable votes.
1,034 same votes
144 different votes
1,178 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
74.9%
3% above average
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,406 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
901
56.3% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
699
43.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
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
Appearances
51
-41.1 vs Commons average
79
-81.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
55
-105.1 vs Commons average
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API