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Ben Lake vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 70% of the time, based on 549 shared comparable votes.

384 same votes 165 different votes 549 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
60 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 86 shared votes
60 Aye 26 No
11 Aye 11 No
Trade 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 89% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 83% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
Housing 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 41% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 10 No
Benefits 44% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
34 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 48% aligned 63 shared votes
35 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 57% aligned 7 shared votes
4 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 292 of 649
Participation
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 649
Appearances
7
-75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 649
68
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649
Contributions
7
-136.5 vs Commons average
Rank 627 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 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