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Ben Lake vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Hilary Benn voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,331 shared comparable votes.

1,153 same votes 178 different votes 1,331 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
93 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 162 shared votes
93 Aye 69 No
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
38 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 62 shared votes
39 Aye 23 No
37 Aye 106 No
Migration 97% aligned 143 shared votes
39 Aye 104 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 6 No
Education 63% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
97 Aye 55 No
Tax 69% aligned 152 shared votes
100 Aye 52 No
35 Aye 23 No
Benefits 72% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
33 Aye 25 No
Defence 74% aligned 58 shared votes
24 Aye 34 No
75 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 77% aligned 151 shared votes
77 Aye 74 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 307 of 650
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,865
2,406 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,051
56.4% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
814
43.6% 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
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

77
-14.8 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650
Appearances
69
-22.8 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
78
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 650
Contributions
421
+261.5 vs Commons average
Rank 38 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
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API