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Ben Lake vs Taiwo Owatemi

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 849 shared comparable votes.

704 same votes 145 different votes 849 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
22 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 18 No
Trade 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
68 Aye 36 No
Tax 68% aligned 104 shared votes
79 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 17 No
Transport 70% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 3 No
Housing 71% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
28 Aye 17 No
Defence 73% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 17 No
Benefits 75% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 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
74.2%
2% above average
Rank 327 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,253
1,688 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
53.2% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
587
46.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0% 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
4
-89.0 vs Commons average
Rank 632 of 650
78
-84.0 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Contributions
4
-158.0 vs Commons average
Rank 629 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
156 of 178 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Work / Employment
59 of 70 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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