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Ben Lake vs Luke Pollard

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Luke Pollard voted the same way 89% of the time, based on 1,210 shared comparable votes.

1,073 same votes 137 different votes 1,210 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
93 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
93 Aye 68 No
16 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
36 Aye 102 No
Migration 99% aligned 138 shared votes
35 Aye 103 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 5 No
Education 71% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
30 Aye 20 No
Defence 74% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
96 Aye 52 No
Tax 74% aligned 148 shared votes
96 Aye 52 No
66 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 81% aligned 136 shared votes
66 Aye 70 No
25 Aye 18 No
Benefits 81% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 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
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 435 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,490
2,151 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
818
54.9% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
672
45.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

78
-14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650
Appearances
82
-10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 650
79
-81.1 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 650
Contributions
710
+549.9 vs Commons average
Rank 11 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
£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£309,067
37% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Migration
144 of 163 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Trade
74 of 90 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Defence
58 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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