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Ben Lake vs Tahir Ali

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Tahir Ali voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 987 shared comparable votes.

805 same votes 182 different votes 987 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
20 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
89 Aye 42 No
Tax 58% aligned 131 shared votes
86 Aye 45 No
7 Aye 5 No
Education 67% aligned 12 shared votes
11 Aye 1 No
28 Aye 21 No
Benefits 71% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 73% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
69 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 73% aligned 139 shared votes
66 Aye 73 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

74.9%
3% above average
Rank 307 of 650
Participation
76.1%
4% above average
Rank 285 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,284
1,688 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
676
52.6% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
608
47.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

77
-16.0 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 650
Appearances
39
-54.0 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 650
78
-84.0 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Contributions
60
-102.0 vs Commons average
Rank 504 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
£1,069,100
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£269,557
19% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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

Migration
157 of 163 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
150 of 178 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API