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Ben Lake vs Seema Malhotra

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 1,177 shared comparable votes.

1,055 same votes 122 different votes 1,177 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
94 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 163 shared votes
94 Aye 69 No
31 Aye 28 No
Trade 100% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 22 No
Benefits 71% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
105 Aye 43 No
Tax 76% aligned 148 shared votes
98 Aye 50 No
29 Aye 22 No
Defence 78% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
17 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 85% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 87% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
3% above average
Rank 307 of 650
Participation
68.5%
4% below average
Rank 450 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,647
2,406 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
55.8% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
728
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
14 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

77
-13.6 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 650
Appearances
69
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 650
78
-79.6 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 650
Contributions
339
+181.4 vs Commons average
Rank 52 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
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Migration
157 of 163 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 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