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Ben Lake vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 1,280 shared comparable votes.

118 same votes 1,162 different votes 1,280 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 7 No
Education 43% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
101 Aye 52 No
Tax 26% aligned 153 shared votes
56 Aye 97 No
68 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 136 shared votes
71 Aye 65 No
24 Aye 24 No
Benefits 13% aligned 48 shared votes
18 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 11% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 70 shared votes
33 Aye 37 No
32 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
867
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
47.3 % of votes cast
695
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
984
52.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 648
Appearances
61
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 648
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 648
Contributions
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 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

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API