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Ben Lake vs Sir James Cleverly

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Sir James Cleverly voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 1,114 shared comparable votes.

141 same votes 973 different votes 1,114 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
97 Aye 49 No
Tax 30% aligned 146 shared votes
49 Aye 97 No
22 Aye 19 No
Defence 24% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 4 No
Education 22% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
56 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 21% aligned 117 shared votes
65 Aye 52 No
23 Aye 15 No
Benefits 18% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
15 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 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 291 of 649
Participation
69.7%
3% below average
Rank 434 of 649
1,605
2,117 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,653
2,372 eligible divisions
895
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
777
47.0% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
876
53.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

66
-14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 649
Appearances
42
-38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 649
68
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
Contributions
88
-52.5 vs Commons average
Rank 372 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
£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£266,795
18% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Trade
73 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API