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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 78% of the time, based on 211 shared comparable votes.

164 same votes 47 different votes 211 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
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 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
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

75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 293 of 650
Participation
54.8 %
18 % below average
Rank 608 of 650
1,591
2,095 eligible divisions
Total votes
309
564 eligible divisions
887
55.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
171
55.3 % of votes cast
704
44.2 % of votes cast
No votes
138
44.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

63
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
Appearances
78
+6.1 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 650
66
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
Contributions
106
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 254 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
3
2 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Trade
5 of 5 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Trade
79 of 85 votes
#3
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Work / Employment
27 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

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