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Ben Lake vs Sir Edward Leigh
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Ben Lake and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 1,213 shared comparable votes.
115 same votes
1,098 different votes
1,213 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
75.9 %
3 % above average
Participation
75.4 %
2 % above average
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,744
2,312 eligible divisions
867
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
818
46.9 % of votes cast
695
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
926
53.1 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
42 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Debates
48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Appearances
141
+80.6 vs Commons average
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
161
+52.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API