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Ben Lake vs Liz Kendall

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Liz Kendall voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 1,124 shared comparable votes.

1,015 same votes 109 different votes 1,124 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
96 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
96 Aye 65 No
38 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 60 shared votes
38 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 28 No
Trade 100% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 3 No
Education 69% aligned 13 shared votes
12 Aye 1 No
30 Aye 23 No
Benefits 72% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 75% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
102 Aye 35 No
Tax 82% aligned 137 shared votes
92 Aye 45 No
59 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 87% aligned 113 shared votes
48 Aye 65 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
64.2%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,544
2,406 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
879
56.9% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
665
43.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

77
-13.6 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 650
Appearances
35
-55.6 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 650
78
-79.6 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 650
Contributions
483
+325.4 vs Commons average
Rank 28 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
£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£249,722
10% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API