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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 1,326 shared comparable votes.

1,152 same votes 174 different votes 1,326 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
72 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 80% aligned 147 shared votes
76 Aye 71 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
60
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
460
+317.7 vs Commons average
Rank 24 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
£2,356,656
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 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