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Ben Lake vs Lucy Powell

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Lucy Powell voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,132 shared comparable votes.

980 same votes 152 different votes 1,132 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
89 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 151 shared votes
89 Aye 62 No
26 Aye 30 No
Trade 100% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 5 No
Education 69% aligned 13 shared votes
12 Aye 1 No
98 Aye 38 No
Tax 72% aligned 136 shared votes
94 Aye 42 No
8 Aye 7 No
Housing 73% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
25 Aye 18 No
Defence 77% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 79% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 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
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,590
2,406 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
890
56.0% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
700
44.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

77
-14.8 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650
Appearances
26
-65.8 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
78
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 650
Contributions
257
+97.5 vs Commons average
Rank 101 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
£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£250,940
11% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 94 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