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Ben Lake vs Naz Shah

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Naz Shah voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,126 shared comparable votes.

978 same votes 148 different votes 1,126 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
90 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 148 shared votes
90 Aye 58 No
7 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
30 Aye 77 No
Migration 99% aligned 107 shared votes
29 Aye 78 No
38 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 54 shared votes
39 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 3 No
Education 70% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
92 Aye 53 No
Tax 72% aligned 145 shared votes
97 Aye 48 No
11 Aye 7 No
Housing 72% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 13 No
Defence 76% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 11 No
Benefits 79% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

75.8 %
3 % above average
Rank 297 of 650
Participation
65.3 %
7 % below average
Rank 514 of 650
1,579
2,082 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,527
2,337 eligible divisions
877
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
851
55.7 % of votes cast
702
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
676
44.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
14
0.9 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

62
-5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
13
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 650
65
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 650
Contributions
16
-103.9 vs Commons average
Rank 606 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
£2,337,527
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£312,636
38 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Housing
56 of 66 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
169 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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