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Ben Lake vs Rushanara Ali

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 1,294 shared comparable votes.

1,106 same votes 188 different votes 1,294 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
96 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 162 shared votes
96 Aye 66 No
5 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
38 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 60 shared votes
39 Aye 21 No
37 Aye 96 No
Migration 98% aligned 133 shared votes
38 Aye 95 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 5 No
Education 64% aligned 14 shared votes
14 Aye 0 No
34 Aye 22 No
Benefits 71% aligned 56 shared votes
34 Aye 22 No
113 Aye 52 No
Tax 73% aligned 165 shared votes
110 Aye 55 No
28 Aye 21 No
Defence 76% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
77 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 78% aligned 152 shared votes
77 Aye 75 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
56.6% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
787
43.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
45
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
42
-100.3 vs Commons average
Rank 536 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
66 of 69 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API