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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 82% of the time, based on 285 shared comparable votes.

233 same votes 52 different votes 285 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
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 100% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 90% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 35% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 6 No
Education 75% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 78% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 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
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 335 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
620 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
54.3% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
209
45.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-16.0 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 650
Appearances
208
+115.0 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650
78
-84.0 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Contributions
258
+96.0 vs Commons average
Rank 105 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
£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

Migration
157 of 163 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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