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Ben Lake vs Mr Toby Perkins

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,264 shared comparable votes.

1,081 same votes 183 different votes 1,264 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
14 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
90 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 156 shared votes
91 Aye 65 No
30 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 6 No
Education 63% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 71% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
33 Aye 22 No
Benefits 71% aligned 55 shared votes
33 Aye 22 No
32 Aye 23 No
Defence 73% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
108 Aye 39 No
Tax 74% aligned 147 shared votes
90 Aye 57 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
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 349 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,761
2,406 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
968
55.0% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
793
45.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

77
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 650
Appearances
103
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 650
78
-83.6 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Contributions
159
-2.6 vs Commons average
Rank 219 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API