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Ben Lake vs Sir Julian Lewis

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 1,314 shared comparable votes.

175 same votes 1,139 different votes 1,314 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
6 Aye 7 No
Education 38% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
29 Aye 25 No
Defence 35% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
108 Aye 54 No
Tax 28% aligned 162 shared votes
57 Aye 105 No
70 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 25% aligned 146 shared votes
78 Aye 68 No
26 Aye 23 No
Benefits 18% aligned 49 shared votes
16 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 1 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
26 Aye 101 No
Migration 1% aligned 127 shared votes
100 Aye 27 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
1,605
2,117 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,897
2,372 eligible divisions
895
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
47.3% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
999
52.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

66
-14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 649
Appearances
359
+278.4 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
68
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
Contributions
486
+345.5 vs Commons average
Rank 21 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
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
193 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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