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Ben Lake vs Yvette Cooper
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Ben Lake and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 1,106 shared comparable votes.
1,045 same votes
61 different votes
1,106 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
75.8 %
3 % above average
Participation
63.1 %
10 % below average
1,571
2,073 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,470
2,328 eligible divisions
872
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
847
57.6 % of votes cast
699
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
623
42.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
54
-11.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
53
-12.5 vs Commons average
57
-59.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
957
+840.1 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
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026
18 Mar 2026
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API