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Ben Lake vs Rebecca Paul

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 48% of the time, based on 232 shared comparable votes.

111 same votes 121 different votes 232 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
28 Aye 19 No
Tax 77% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
2 Aye 1 No
Housing 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
17 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 65% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
2 Aye 5 No
Education 57% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 5 No
Transport 50% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
21 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 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 292 of 649
Participation
78.8%
6% above average
Rank 226 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
44.9% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
256
55.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
Appearances
104
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 649
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649
Contributions
152
+6.1 vs Commons average
Rank 204 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
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

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