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Ben Lake vs Jeremy Corbyn

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Jeremy Corbyn voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,077 shared comparable votes.

1,055 same votes 22 different votes 1,077 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
86 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 151 shared votes
86 Aye 65 No
29 Aye 104 No
Migration 100% aligned 133 shared votes
29 Aye 104 No
26 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 28 No
Trade 100% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 4 No
Education 86% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
18 Aye 17 No
Defence 89% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
87 Aye 38 No
Tax 96% aligned 125 shared votes
82 Aye 43 No
26 Aye 16 No
Benefits 98% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 98% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 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 301 of 648
Participation
62.2 %
11 % below average
Rank 559 of 648
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,438
2,312 eligible divisions
867
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
796
55.4 % of votes cast
695
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
642
44.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
42 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 648
Appearances
87
+26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 648
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 648
Contributions
125
+16.1 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,714,849
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£284,788
26 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
29
3 registered categories
0
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
Migration
142 of 169 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Housing
51 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
53 of 75 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
48 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

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