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Ben Lake vs Sir Mark Tami

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Sir Mark Tami voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 1,378 shared comparable votes.

1,164 same votes 214 different votes 1,378 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
93 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
93 Aye 68 No
5 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
36 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 59 shared votes
37 Aye 22 No
35 Aye 106 No
Migration 97% aligned 141 shared votes
37 Aye 104 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 6 No
Education 63% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
116 Aye 59 No
Tax 69% aligned 175 shared votes
112 Aye 63 No
32 Aye 23 No
Benefits 71% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
33 Aye 19 No
Defence 71% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
14 Aye 7 No
Housing 76% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
3% above average
Rank 307 of 650
Participation
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 140 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,406 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,081
54.3% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
908
45.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

77
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
Appearances
0
-92.5 vs Commons average
Rank 646 of 650
78
-82.9 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 650
Contributions
0
-160.9 vs Commons average
Rank 645 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,953,004
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£286,200
27% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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

Migration
157 of 163 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
78 of 82 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Migration
154 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API