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Ben Lake vs Helen Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Helen Hayes voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,347 shared comparable votes.

1,169 same votes 178 different votes 1,347 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 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 165 shared votes
97 Aye 68 No
29 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
3 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
37 Aye 101 No
Migration 99% aligned 138 shared votes
36 Aye 102 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 5 No
Education 64% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
120 Aye 55 No
Tax 69% aligned 175 shared votes
117 Aye 58 No
29 Aye 24 No
Defence 74% aligned 53 shared votes
21 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 7 No
Housing 75% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
28 Aye 22 No
Benefits 78% aligned 50 shared votes
33 Aye 17 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
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 215 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,886
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
55.1% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
847
44.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
94
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
122
-20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 256 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
£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£295,156
30% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
65 of 69 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 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