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Ben Lake vs Tom Gordon

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Tom Gordon voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 268 shared comparable votes.

224 same votes 44 different votes 268 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
5 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 42% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 10 No
Benefits 77% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 9 No
Defence 79% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 4 No
Transport 85% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
35 Aye 27 No
Tax 85% aligned 62 shared votes
30 Aye 32 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
67.1%
5% below average
Rank 471 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
416
620 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
231
55.5% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
185
44.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-16.0 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 650
Appearances
205
+112.0 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 650
78
-84.0 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Contributions
317
+155.0 vs Commons average
Rank 69 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
£217,333
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£217,333
4% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Housing
26 of 32 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