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Ben Lake vs Jake Richards

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Jake Richards voted the same way 41% of the time, based on 222 shared comparable votes.

92 same votes 130 different votes 222 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
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
14 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 76% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 75% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 2 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
25 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 31% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 20 No
Tax 33% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 38% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
Participation
72.0 %
1 % below average
Rank 378 of 649
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
414
575 eligible divisions
892
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
217
52.4 % of votes cast
708
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
197
47.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Appearances
61
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 649
68
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 649
Contributions
204
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 117 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
£187,382
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£187,382
17 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Education
44 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API