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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 1,316 shared comparable votes.

1,187 same votes 129 different votes 1,316 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 103 No
Migration 99% aligned 139 shared votes
37 Aye 102 No
Most different by topic
110 Aye 46 No
Tax 77% aligned 156 shared votes
102 Aye 54 No
26 Aye 20 No
Defence 78% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 5 No
Housing 82% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 86% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
25 Aye 21 No
Transport 87% aligned 46 shared votes
21 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 297 of 647
Participation
79.9 %
7 % above average
Rank 205 of 647
1,575
2,078 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,865
2,333 eligible divisions
874
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,027
55.1 % of votes cast
701
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
838
44.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
40
2.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

60
-6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650
Appearances
76
+9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 650
63
-54.8 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
86
-31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 650

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
7
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
Work / Employment
70 of 75 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Trade
78 of 84 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
38 of 43 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