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Ben Lake vs James Murray

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and James Murray voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 957 shared comparable votes.

808 same votes 149 different votes 957 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
22 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
92 Aye 45 No
Tax 61% aligned 137 shared votes
89 Aye 48 No
9 Aye 5 No
Education 64% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
22 Aye 17 No
Benefits 79% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 80% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
23 Aye 7 No
Energy 83% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
97
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
757
+614.7 vs Commons average
Rank 7 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 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