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Ben Lake vs Rachel Hopkins

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Rachel Hopkins voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 1,073 shared comparable votes.

862 same votes 211 different votes 1,073 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
22 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
35 Aye 104 No
Migration 97% aligned 139 shared votes
37 Aye 102 No
16 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 6 No
Education 57% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
94 Aye 46 No
Tax 61% aligned 140 shared votes
91 Aye 49 No
30 Aye 23 No
Benefits 70% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
33 Aye 21 No
Defence 72% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 19 No
Transport 74% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 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
84.9%
12% above average
Rank 96 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,408
1,658 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
746
53.0% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
662
47.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

66
-15.8 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 649
Appearances
86
+4.2 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
68
-74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 649
Contributions
100
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 330 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
£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£253,152
12% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
53 of 54 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Education
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
143 of 154 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API