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Ben Lake vs Kim Leadbeater

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Kim Leadbeater voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 802 shared comparable votes.

599 same votes 203 different votes 802 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
14 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 8 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
28 Aye 78 No
Migration 96% aligned 106 shared votes
30 Aye 76 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 4 No
Transport 47% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
71 Aye 42 No
Tax 50% aligned 113 shared votes
67 Aye 46 No
20 Aye 14 No
Benefits 53% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 6 No
Education 55% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
23 Aye 15 No
Defence 66% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 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
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 151 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,103
1,340 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
571
51.8% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
532
48.2% 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
5 years, 2 months
Since 1 Jul 2021

Debates

66
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 649
Appearances
9
-73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 623 of 649
68
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649
Contributions
18
-125.5 vs Commons average
Rank 609 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
£1,032,995
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£309,696
37% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Education
63 of 65 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
NHS / Health
37 of 40 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
129 of 142 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
28 of 31 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5

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