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Ben Lake vs Johanna Baxter

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Johanna Baxter voted the same way 41% of the time, based on 312 shared comparable votes.

128 same votes 184 different votes 312 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 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
18 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 88% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 77% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 3 No
Energy 73% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
Housing 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
37 Aye 29 No
Tax 24% aligned 66 shared votes
39 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 31% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
2 Aye 6 No
Education 38% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
7 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
87.3%
15% above average
Rank 57 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
515
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
257
49.9% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
258
50.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.7% 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
121
+37.4 vs Commons average
Rank 114 of 650
69
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Contributions
137
-8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 224 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
£135,214
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£135,214
40% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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
157 of 163 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API