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Ben Lake vs Julia Buckley

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Julia Buckley voted the same way 41% of the time, based on 291 shared comparable votes.

120 same votes 171 different votes 291 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
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
25 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 84% aligned 32 shared votes
26 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 77% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 57% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 0 No
Trade 50% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 21 No
Tax 17% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
4 Aye 1 No
Housing 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Education 29% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 4 No
Transport 31% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
24 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 32% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 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
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 216 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
468
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
230
49.1% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
238
50.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.5% 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
33
-50.6 vs Commons average
Rank 538 of 650
69
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Contributions
34
-111.7 vs Commons average
Rank 564 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
£246,317
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£246,317
9% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Housing
31 of 32 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