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Ben Lake vs Sarah Russell

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Sarah Russell voted the same way 42% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

121 same votes 166 different votes 287 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
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 88% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 83% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 77% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 3 No
Energy 67% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
33 Aye 23 No
Tax 23% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 25% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
4 Aye 0 No
Trade 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 6 No
Education 33% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 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
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
247
50.8% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
239
49.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650
Appearances
97
+13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 650
69
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Contributions
145
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 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
£179,204
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£179,204
21% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Education
49 of 50 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