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Ben Lake vs Michelle Scrogham

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Michelle Scrogham voted the same way 42% of the time, based on 244 shared comparable votes.

102 same votes 142 different votes 244 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
14 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 85% aligned 20 shared votes
17 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 80% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 77% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 2 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 50% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
42 Aye 22 No
Tax 23% aligned 64 shared votes
33 Aye 31 No
8 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 30% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 5 No
Transport 33% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 4 No
Education 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 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
70.7%
2% below average
Rank 416 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
417
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
213
51.1% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
204
48.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.7% 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
35
-48.6 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 650
69
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Contributions
44
-101.7 vs Commons average
Rank 532 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
£136,472
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£136,472
40% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
27 of 29 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 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