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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 1,154 shared comparable votes.
1,115 same votes
39 different votes
1,154 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
75.0%
3% above average
Participation
66.6%
6% below average
1,612
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,602
2,405 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
923
57.6% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
679
42.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Debates
76
-12.8 vs Commons average
Appearances
88
-0.8 vs Commons average
77
-77.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
135
-19.6 vs Commons average
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API