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Ben Lake vs Stephen Kinnock

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Stephen Kinnock voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,278 shared comparable votes.

1,101 same votes 177 different votes 1,278 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
94 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
94 Aye 67 No
30 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
37 Aye 104 No
Migration 98% aligned 141 shared votes
38 Aye 103 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 6 No
Education 67% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
100 Aye 54 No
Tax 71% aligned 154 shared votes
106 Aye 48 No
14 Aye 7 No
Housing 76% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
31 Aye 20 No
Benefits 76% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
30 Aye 23 No
Defence 77% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 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 296 of 650
Participation
75.4 %
3 % above average
Rank 303 of 650
1,581
2,085 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,765
2,340 eligible divisions
877
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
998
56.5 % of votes cast
704
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
767
43.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

61
-6.8 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650
Appearances
85
+17.2 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650
64
-56.4 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
Contributions
306
+185.6 vs Commons average
Rank 43 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
£2,167,873
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£312,875
38 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 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
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Migration
150 of 169 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Defence
62 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API