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Ben Lake vs Ruth Cadbury

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Ruth Cadbury voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,273 shared comparable votes.

1,094 same votes 179 different votes 1,273 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
92 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
92 Aye 69 No
32 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 54 shared votes
32 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
36 Aye 90 No
Migration 98% aligned 126 shared votes
39 Aye 87 No
Most different by topic
115 Aye 57 No
Tax 71% aligned 172 shared votes
115 Aye 57 No
11 Aye 3 No
Housing 71% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 4 No
Education 73% aligned 15 shared votes
13 Aye 2 No
29 Aye 20 No
Defence 73% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
29 Aye 17 No
Benefits 76% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 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
74.9%
3% above average
Rank 310 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,802
2,406 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,000
55.5% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
802
44.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

77
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 650
Appearances
69
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 650
78
-83.6 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Contributions
87
-74.6 vs Commons average
Rank 420 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
£2,210,414
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£293,505
30% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Brexit / EU
181 of 212 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Transport
79 of 96 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Trade
77 of 94 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Education
78 of 96 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