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Ben Lake vs Paulette Hamilton

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 70% of the time, based on 638 shared comparable votes.

449 same votes 189 different votes 638 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
8 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 31 No
Tax 43% aligned 96 shared votes
60 Aye 36 No
5 Aye 6 No
Education 45% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
17 Aye 13 No
Benefits 47% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 6 No
Transport 47% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 11 No
Defence 52% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 291 of 649
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 290 of 649
1,598
2,104 eligible divisions
Total votes
876
1,153 eligible divisions
890
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
431
49.2 % of votes cast
708
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
445
50.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

69
-7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 649
Appearances
58
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
72
-63.8 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 649
Contributions
76
-59.8 vs Commons average
Rank 396 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
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Education
55 of 61 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Work / Employment
55 of 61 votes
Trade
79 of 85 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

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