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Ben Lake vs Paul Holmes

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Paul Holmes voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 1,033 shared comparable votes.

138 same votes 895 different votes 1,033 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
6 Aye 6 No
Education 50% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
88 Aye 42 No
Tax 35% aligned 130 shared votes
42 Aye 88 No
69 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 20% aligned 129 shared votes
62 Aye 67 No
12 Aye 18 No
Transport 20% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
27 Aye 23 No
Defence 14% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 33 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 59 shared votes
33 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 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 291 of 649
Participation
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
1,605
2,117 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,406
1,654 eligible divisions
895
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
700
49.8% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
706
50.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

66
-14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 649
Appearances
113
+32.4 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 649
68
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
Contributions
399
+258.5 vs Commons average
Rank 37 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
£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£234,722
4% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API