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Ben Lake vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,304 shared comparable votes.

1,133 same votes 171 different votes 1,304 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
93 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 160 shared votes
93 Aye 67 No
13 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 6 No
Education 65% aligned 17 shared votes
15 Aye 2 No
114 Aye 55 No
Tax 69% aligned 169 shared votes
111 Aye 58 No
30 Aye 22 No
Defence 79% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 17 No
Benefits 79% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
70 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 80% aligned 147 shared votes
74 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 272 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,843
2,406 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.2% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
808
43.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

77
-14.8 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650
Appearances
31
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 650
78
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 650
Contributions
14
-145.5 vs Commons average
Rank 619 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
91 of 96 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 96 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