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Ben Lake vs George Freeman

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and George Freeman voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 1,206 shared comparable votes.

137 same votes 1,069 different votes 1,206 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
7 Aye 7 No
Education 36% aligned 14 shared votes
2 Aye 12 No
105 Aye 49 No
Tax 25% aligned 154 shared votes
47 Aye 107 No
21 Aye 19 No
Transport 23% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 21 No
Defence 18% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 19 No
Benefits 14% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
1 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
34 Aye 104 No
Migration 2% aligned 138 shared votes
101 Aye 37 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
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 344 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,746
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
852
48.8% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
894
51.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
27
1.5% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
11
-70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
20
-122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 602 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
£2,886,193
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£287,402
27% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
17
5 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
Brexit / EU
185 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
148 of 171 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Energy
54 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API