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Ben Lake vs Ian Roome

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Ian Roome voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 229 shared comparable votes.

181 same votes 48 different votes 229 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
9 Aye 0 No
Energy 100% aligned 9 shared votes
9 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 95% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 6 No
Education 75% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 6 No
Defence 78% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 78% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 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
54.8%
18% below average
Rank 605 of 650
1,619
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
346
631 eligible divisions
903
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
56.1% of votes cast
716
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
152
43.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-17.2 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 650
Appearances
121
+26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 650
78
-86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 650
Contributions
153
-11.1 vs Commons average
Rank 237 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
£156,328
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£156,328
31% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Education
35 of 50 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Defence
22 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API