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Ben Lake vs Matt Bishop

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Matt Bishop voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 202 shared comparable votes.

80 same votes 122 different votes 202 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 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 88% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 80% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 77% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
Housing 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 0 No
Trade 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 30% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
30 Aye 21 No
Tax 31% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
3 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 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
52.9%
20% below average
Rank 615 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
312
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
145
46.5% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
167
53.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% 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
34
-49.6 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 650
69
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Contributions
45
-100.7 vs Commons average
Rank 529 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
£157,583
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£157,583
30% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 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
Tax
77 of 112 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Energy
13 of 20 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
NHS / Health
7 of 11 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