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Ben Lake vs Richard Foord

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Richard Foord voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 509 shared comparable votes.

462 same votes 47 different votes 509 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
15 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 54% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
3 Aye 5 No
Education 75% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 7 No
Benefits 76% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 10 No
Defence 84% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 85% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
3% above average
Rank 307 of 650
Participation
61.0%
11% below average
Rank 563 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
681
1,117 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
371
54.5% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
310
45.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

77
-14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
Appearances
250
+159.0 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 650
78
-80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 650
Contributions
273
+114.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 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
£772,982
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£302,531
34% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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

Migration
157 of 163 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
35 of 42 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Migration
74 of 97 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
16 of 21 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