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Ben Lake vs Keir Mather

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Keir Mather voted the same way 57% of the time, based on 368 shared comparable votes.

208 same votes 160 different votes 368 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
8 Aye 3 No
Trade 100% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 26 No
Migration 91% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 77% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 14 No
Tax 34% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
4 Aye 4 No
Education 38% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 38% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 11 No
Benefits 41% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 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
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
796 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
3 years, 2 months
Since 20 Jul 2023

Debates

67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
Appearances
103
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 649
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649
Contributions
546
+400.1 vs Commons average
Rank 16 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
£451,152
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£306,391
35% above 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
Education
50 of 52 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Transport
31 of 33 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
NHS / Health
12 of 14 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