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Ben Lake vs Mr David Lammy

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Mr David Lammy voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 895 shared comparable votes.

838 same votes 57 different votes 895 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
94 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 162 shared votes
94 Aye 68 No
25 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 62 shared votes
25 Aye 37 No
19 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 84% aligned 103 shared votes
47 Aye 56 No
21 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 84% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 2 No
Energy 90% aligned 20 shared votes
18 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 6 No
Housing 90% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
71 Aye 24 No
Tax 91% aligned 95 shared votes
70 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

75.0%
3% above average
Rank 306 of 650
Participation
48.2%
24% below average
Rank 624 of 650
1,612
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,160
2,405 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
697
60.1% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
463
39.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.9% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
26 years, 4 months
Since 22 Jun 2000

Debates

78
-11.8 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
Appearances
59
-30.8 vs Commons average
Rank 418 of 650
79
-77.4 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
Contributions
751
+594.6 vs Commons average
Rank 7 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
£2,872,069
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£268,880
19% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
186 of 212 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Trade
61 of 94 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
NHS / Health
32 of 56 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
127 of 234 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
43 of 82 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