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Ben Lake vs Richard Burgon

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Richard Burgon voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 1,344 shared comparable votes.

1,208 same votes 136 different votes 1,344 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
93 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
93 Aye 68 No
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 3 No
Education 100% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
36 Aye 104 No
Migration 99% aligned 140 shared votes
37 Aye 103 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 22 No
Defence 75% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
112 Aye 46 No
Tax 76% aligned 158 shared votes
102 Aye 56 No
12 Aye 5 No
Housing 82% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
28 Aye 21 No
Transport 84% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 86% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

75.7%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
Participation
80.1%
7% above average
Rank 194 of 649
1,605
2,119 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,901
2,374 eligible divisions
895
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,042
54.8% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
859
45.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
43
2.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

66
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 649
Appearances
84
+3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 649
68
-72.6 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
Contributions
96
-44.6 vs Commons average
Rank 337 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
£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£301,574
33% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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