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Ben Lake vs Monica Harding

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Monica Harding voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 279 shared comparable votes.

228 same votes 51 different votes 279 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
10 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 100% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
2 Aye 3 No
Education 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 78% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 0 No
Trade 80% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
33 Aye 22 No
Tax 82% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 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
65.6%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
407
620 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
53.3% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
190
46.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.7% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-16.0 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 650
Appearances
180
+87.0 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 650
78
-84.0 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Contributions
218
+56.0 vs Commons average
Rank 145 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
£225,810
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£225,810
same as average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
18
6 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

Migration
157 of 163 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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