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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 965 shared comparable votes.

795 same votes 170 different votes 965 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
86 Aye 42 No
Tax 59% aligned 128 shared votes
86 Aye 42 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
29 Aye 20 No
Defence 73% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 650
Participation
75.8 %
3 % above average
Rank 293 of 650
1,585
2,089 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,233
1,626 eligible divisions
881
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
658
53.4 % of votes cast
704
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
575
46.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

60
-9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650
Appearances
25
-44.8 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 650
63
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 650
Contributions
34
-89.9 vs Commons average
Rank 541 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
£1,064,427
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£264,884
17 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Trade
79 of 85 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
146 of 173 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API