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Ben Lake vs Sammy Wilson

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 31% of the time, based on 1,076 shared comparable votes.

329 same votes 747 different votes 1,076 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
24 Aye 19 No
Defence 65% aligned 43 shared votes
29 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 10 No
Benefits 53% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
53 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 44% aligned 118 shared votes
67 Aye 51 No
104 Aye 43 No
Tax 43% aligned 147 shared votes
66 Aye 81 No
2 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 40% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
98 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 11% aligned 167 shared votes
63 Aye 104 No
17 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 15% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 10 No
Energy 22% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 7 No
Housing 25% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 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
62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.7% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

67
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650
Appearances
111
+27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 650
69
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Contributions
160
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 188 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
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Energy
47 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

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