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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 1,192 shared comparable votes.

1,042 same votes 150 different votes 1,192 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
25 Aye 26 No
Trade 100% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 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
24 Aye 19 No
Defence 74% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 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
106 Aye 45 No
Tax 77% aligned 151 shared votes
97 Aye 54 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 297 of 650
Participation
70.1 %
3 % below average
Rank 432 of 650
1,579
2,082 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,638
2,337 eligible divisions
877
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
895
54.6 % of votes cast
702
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
743
45.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
13 years, 6 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

62
-5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
34
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 495 of 650
65
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 650
Contributions
59
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 429 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
£2,463,004
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£291,263
29 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 169 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API