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Ben Lake vs Steve Darling

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Steve Darling voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 257 shared comparable votes.

213 same votes 44 different votes 257 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
9 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 100% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 36% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 8 No
Benefits 75% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 8 No
Defence 75% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 5 No
Education 80% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 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
67.5%
5% below average
Rank 472 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
398
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
54.5% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
181
45.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.8% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
137
+55.3 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
164
+21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 171 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
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Benefits
23 of 30 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