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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 86% of the time, based on 1,144 shared comparable votes.

988 same votes 156 different votes 1,144 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
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
10 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 96% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 3 No
Education 70% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
95 Aye 53 No
Tax 70% aligned 148 shared votes
97 Aye 51 No
11 Aye 7 No
Housing 72% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 9 No
Energy 75% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 14 No
Defence 77% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 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 292 of 649
Participation
65.3%
7% below average
Rank 514 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,551
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
860
55.4% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
691
44.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
20
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
24
-118.3 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 649

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
9
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
Housing
57 of 67 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 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
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API