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Ben Lake vs Sir Stephen Timms

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Sir Stephen Timms voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,347 shared comparable votes.

1,173 same votes 174 different votes 1,347 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 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 162 shared votes
93 Aye 69 No
36 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 59 shared votes
36 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 5 No
Education 69% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
34 Aye 24 No
Defence 74% aligned 58 shared votes
25 Aye 33 No
117 Aye 48 No
Tax 75% aligned 165 shared votes
103 Aye 62 No
30 Aye 21 No
Benefits 80% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 11 No
Energy 81% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 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
78.5%
6% above average
Rank 228 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
842
45.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
199
+56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 131 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
£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£272,963
21% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Defence
64 of 71 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 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