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Ben Lake vs Samantha Dixon

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Samantha Dixon voted the same way 67% of the time, based on 493 shared comparable votes.

331 same votes 162 different votes 493 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
8 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 7 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 1 No
Housing 33% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 4 No
Transport 38% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
56 Aye 17 No
Tax 40% aligned 73 shared votes
40 Aye 33 No
5 Aye 4 No
Education 44% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
14 Aye 7 No
Benefits 48% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 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
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 341 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
735
999 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
361
49.1% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
374
50.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
3 years, 9 months
Since 1 Dec 2022

Debates

66
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 649
Appearances
74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649
68
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649
Contributions
287
+143.5 vs Commons average
Rank 62 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
£667,714
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£311,379
38% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
11 of 11 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
20 of 23 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Migration
83 of 97 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