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Ben Lake vs Josh Babarinde

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Josh Babarinde voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 279 shared comparable votes.

225 same votes 54 different votes 279 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
10 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 100% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 89% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 88% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 30% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
2 Aye 1 No
Education 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 75% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 78% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 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
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 425 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
415
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
54.0% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
191
46.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 649
Appearances
117
+35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 649
68
-74.2 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
134
-8.2 vs Commons average
Rank 225 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
£181,159
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£181,159
20% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Benefits
26 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