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Ben Lake vs Victoria Atkins

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Victoria Atkins voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 1,343 shared comparable votes.

151 same votes 1,192 different votes 1,343 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
8 Aye 7 No
Education 40% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
117 Aye 63 No
Tax 28% aligned 180 shared votes
58 Aye 122 No
18 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
65 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 15% aligned 136 shared votes
71 Aye 65 No
28 Aye 21 No
Benefits 12% aligned 49 shared votes
17 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 1 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
38 Aye 110 No
Migration 2% aligned 148 shared votes
107 Aye 41 No
23 Aye 14 No
Energy 3% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
Participation
81.2%
9% above average
Rank 178 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,929
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
934
48.4% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
995
51.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
19
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
30
-112.3 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,703,387
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£241,610
7% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API