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Ben Lake vs Mark Ferguson

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Mark Ferguson voted the same way 41% of the time, based on 274 shared comparable votes.

111 same votes 163 different votes 274 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
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 78% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 77% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 3 No
Energy 62% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
38 Aye 26 No
Tax 23% aligned 64 shared votes
35 Aye 29 No
14 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 33% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 6 No
Education 33% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 12 No
Benefits 35% aligned 23 shared votes
12 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
89.3%
17% above average
Rank 24 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
527
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
279
52.9% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
248
47.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% 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
9
-74.6 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 650
69
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Contributions
25
-120.7 vs Commons average
Rank 595 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
£191,951
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£191,951
15% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
50 of 50 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Migration
13 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