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Ben Lake vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 1,306 shared comparable votes.

138 same votes 1,168 different votes 1,306 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
7 Aye 6 No
Education 38% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
109 Aye 57 No
Tax 26% aligned 166 shared votes
54 Aye 112 No
77 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 18% aligned 146 shared votes
75 Aye 71 No
29 Aye 26 No
Defence 16% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
11 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 1 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
23 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 2% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 2% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 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
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
126
+44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
193
+50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 137 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API