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Ben Lake vs Sarah Owen

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Sarah Owen voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 856 shared comparable votes.

708 same votes 148 different votes 856 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
21 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 17 No
Trade 100% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
69 Aye 36 No
Tax 60% aligned 105 shared votes
67 Aye 38 No
23 Aye 16 No
Benefits 62% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 3 No
Education 67% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
26 Aye 20 No
Defence 70% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 7 No
Energy 76% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 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
66.9%
6% below average
Rank 481 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
568
51.2% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
541
48.8% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
61
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
73
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 421 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
£998,822
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£276,668
22% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Defence
58 of 70 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
121 of 154 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Work / Employment
50 of 67 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