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Ben Lake vs Sarah Champion

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Sarah Champion voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,215 shared comparable votes.

1,058 same votes 157 different votes 1,215 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
28 Aye 26 No
Trade 100% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
109 Aye 45 No
Tax 75% aligned 154 shared votes
97 Aye 57 No
25 Aye 20 No
Defence 76% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 18 No
Benefits 76% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 7 No
Housing 76% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 78% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 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
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 426 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,670
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
54.5% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
760
45.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
49
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
85
-57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 380 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
£2,463,004
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£291,263
29% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Migration
144 of 171 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 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