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Ben Lake vs Jo Stevens

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Jo Stevens voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,278 shared comparable votes.

1,117 same votes 161 different votes 1,278 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
98 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 165 shared votes
98 Aye 67 No
35 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 67 shared votes
35 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
112 Aye 46 No
Tax 74% aligned 158 shared votes
99 Aye 59 No
27 Aye 18 No
Defence 76% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 19 No
Benefits 78% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 4 No
Education 79% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
70 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 81% aligned 138 shared votes
64 Aye 74 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
3% above average
Rank 307 of 650
Participation
74.3%
2% above average
Rank 324 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,787
2,406 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
971
54.3% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
816
45.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

77
-14.8 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650
Appearances
39
-52.8 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 650
78
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 650
Contributions
159
-0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 214 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
£1,912,752
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£253,083
12% above 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

Migration
157 of 163 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
190 of 212 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 94 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Education
77 of 96 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