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Ben Lake vs Tim Farron
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Ben Lake and Tim Farron voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 1,137 shared comparable votes.
1,081 same votes
56 different votes
1,137 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
75.0%
3% above average
Participation
62.6%
10% below average
1,612
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,505
2,405 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
828
55.0% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
677
45.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.5% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Debates
76
-12.8 vs Commons average
Appearances
168
+79.2 vs Commons average
77
-77.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
199
+44.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£301,196
33% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
25
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API