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Ben Lake vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,144 shared comparable votes.

1,106 same votes 38 different votes 1,144 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
95 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 159 shared votes
95 Aye 64 No
34 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 109 shared votes
34 Aye 75 No
26 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 67% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 3 No
Education 92% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 92% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 93% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
94 Aye 49 No
Tax 94% aligned 143 shared votes
92 Aye 51 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
892
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
708
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

66
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650
Contributions
116
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 246 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
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
13
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
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API