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Ben Lake vs Mrs Sharon Hodgson
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Ben Lake and Mrs Sharon Hodgson voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,202 shared comparable votes.
1,050 same votes
152 different votes
1,202 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
75.8 %
3 % above average
Participation
72.1 %
1 % below average
1,579
2,082 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,684
2,337 eligible divisions
877
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
941
55.9 % of votes cast
702
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
743
44.1 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Debates
62
-5.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
49
-18.5 vs Commons average
65
-54.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
98
-21.9 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
£3,068,484
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£282,668
25 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API