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Ben Lake vs Harriet Cross

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Harriet Cross voted the same way 47% of the time, based on 234 shared comparable votes.

110 same votes 124 different votes 234 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
32 Aye 22 No
Tax 72% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 59% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
2 Aye 5 No
Education 57% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 4 No
Transport 45% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 30% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 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
72.9%
same as average
Rank 360 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
430
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
202
47.0% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
228
53.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
Appearances
121
+37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 649
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649
Contributions
207
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 130 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
£178,612
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£178,612
21% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Tax
99 of 112 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Housing
27 of 32 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