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Ben Lake vs Justin Madders

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Justin Madders voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 1,396 shared comparable votes.

1,188 same votes 208 different votes 1,396 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
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
87 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 154 shared votes
86 Aye 68 No
24 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
34 Aye 106 No
Migration 97% aligned 140 shared votes
36 Aye 104 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 5 No
Education 63% aligned 16 shared votes
15 Aye 1 No
120 Aye 59 No
Tax 70% aligned 179 shared votes
116 Aye 63 No
35 Aye 22 No
Benefits 74% aligned 57 shared votes
34 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 22 No
Defence 77% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
77 Aye 81 No
Crime / Justice 78% aligned 158 shared votes
79 Aye 79 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
81.6%
9% above average
Rank 166 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,963
2,406 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,071
54.6% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
892
45.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

77
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 650
Appearances
116
+23.1 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 650
78
-83.6 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Contributions
137
-24.6 vs Commons average
Rank 273 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
£2,078,779
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£299,970
33% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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

Migration
157 of 163 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Migration
152 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Work / Employment
71 of 80 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