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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 1,328 shared comparable votes.
1,161 same votes
167 different votes
1,328 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
75.8 %
3 % above average
Participation
78.7 %
6 % above average
1,579
2,082 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,840
2,337 eligible divisions
877
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,014
55.1 % of votes cast
702
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
826
44.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
32 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Debates
62
-5.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
51
-16.5 vs Commons average
65
-54.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
149
+29.1 vs Commons average
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API