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Ben Lake vs Mr Will Forster
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Ben Lake and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.
218 same votes
51 different votes
269 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
75.9 %
3 % above average
Participation
74.9 %
2 % above average
1,585
2,089 eligible divisions
Total votes
418
558 eligible divisions
881
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
220
52.6 % of votes cast
704
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
198
47.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
4
1.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
60
-10.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
139
+68.7 vs Commons average
63
-61.8 vs Commons average
Contributions
173
+48.2 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
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API