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Ben Lake vs Mr Clive Betts

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Mr Clive Betts voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 1,318 shared comparable votes.

1,126 same votes 192 different votes 1,318 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
93 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
93 Aye 68 No
38 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 59 shared votes
38 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
36 Aye 95 No
Migration 97% aligned 131 shared votes
38 Aye 93 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 4 No
Education 62% aligned 13 shared votes
12 Aye 1 No
116 Aye 58 No
Tax 68% aligned 174 shared votes
113 Aye 61 No
32 Aye 21 No
Defence 74% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 16 No
Benefits 76% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 6 No
Housing 79% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 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
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 277 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
57
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
49
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 506 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£311,690
38% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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