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Ben Lake vs Wendy Chamberlain

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Wendy Chamberlain voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 907 shared comparable votes.

861 same votes 46 different votes 907 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
28 Aye 88 No
Migration 100% aligned 116 shared votes
28 Aye 88 No
23 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 6 No
Energy 100% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 64% aligned 39 shared votes
10 Aye 29 No
8 Aye 6 No
Education 86% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
25 Aye 21 No
Benefits 89% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 91% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
73 Aye 39 No
Tax 91% aligned 112 shared votes
69 Aye 43 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
Participation
69.1 %
4 % below average
Rank 447 of 649
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,136
1,643 eligible divisions
892
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
588
51.8 % of votes cast
708
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
548
48.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

66
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
Appearances
110
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 650
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650
Contributions
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 196 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
£1,350,009
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£308,895
37 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
10
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
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
120 of 154 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
133 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

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