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Ben Lake vs Jayne Kirkham

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Jayne Kirkham voted the same way 41% of the time, based on 309 shared comparable votes.

127 same votes 182 different votes 309 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
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 88% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 84% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 7 No
Migration 56% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 2 No
Energy 55% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 25 No
Tax 23% aligned 61 shared votes
33 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 28% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
2 Aye 1 No
Housing 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 36% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 38% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 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
82.5%
10% above average
Rank 144 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
487
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
245
50.3% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
242
49.7% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650
Appearances
219
+135.4 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
69
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Contributions
266
+120.3 vs Commons average
Rank 79 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
£143,536
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£143,536
37% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 30 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