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Ben Lake vs Luke Murphy

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Luke Murphy voted the same way 37% of the time, based on 301 shared comparable votes.

111 same votes 190 different votes 301 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
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 80% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 3 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 8 No
Migration 56% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
40 Aye 28 No
Tax 19% aligned 68 shared votes
37 Aye 31 No
4 Aye 0 No
Trade 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 31% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 11 No
Benefits 33% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 195 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
50.0% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
236
50.0% 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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650
Appearances
66
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 650
69
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Contributions
98
-47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 343 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
£198,590
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£198,590
12% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Migration
12 of 13 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