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Ben Lake vs Graham Stringer

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Graham Stringer voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 996 shared comparable votes.

779 same votes 217 different votes 996 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
15 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
29 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 87 No
Migration 97% aligned 113 shared votes
27 Aye 86 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 37 No
Brexit / EU 45% aligned 88 shared votes
39 Aye 49 No
96 Aye 50 No
Tax 68% aligned 146 shared votes
95 Aye 51 No
26 Aye 13 No
Defence 69% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 2 No
Housing 73% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
64 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 76% aligned 133 shared votes
60 Aye 73 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
3% above average
Rank 313 of 650
Participation
57.9%
14% below average
Rank 589 of 650
1,619
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,400
2,417 eligible divisions
903
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
703
50.2% of votes cast
716
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
697
49.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
115
8.2% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

77
-17.2 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 650
Appearances
66
-28.2 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 650
78
-86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 650
Contributions
46
-118.1 vs Commons average
Rank 547 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
£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£160,334
29% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Migration
123 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Transport
65 of 98 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Defence
47 of 71 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 82 votes

Recent voting overlap

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