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Ben Lake vs Sarah Olney

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Sarah Olney voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 906 shared comparable votes.

866 same votes 40 different votes 906 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
20 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
20 Aye 93 No
25 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 21 No
Trade 100% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 61% aligned 36 shared votes
6 Aye 30 No
6 Aye 5 No
Education 82% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
28 Aye 19 No
Defence 91% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
76 Aye 39 No
Tax 94% aligned 115 shared votes
75 Aye 40 No
26 Aye 18 No
Benefits 95% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
Participation
71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 415 of 648
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,132
1,594 eligible divisions
867
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
606
53.5 % of votes cast
695
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
526
46.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.1 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 648
Appearances
119
+58.6 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 648
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 648
Contributions
140
+31.1 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Defence
53 of 58 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Trade
45 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API