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Ben Lake vs Zarah Sultana

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 980 shared comparable votes.

898 same votes 82 different votes 980 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
35 Aye 105 No
Migration 100% aligned 140 shared votes
35 Aye 105 No
22 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
85 Aye 36 No
Tax 71% aligned 121 shared votes
82 Aye 39 No
24 Aye 22 No
Benefits 83% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 23 No
Defence 86% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
31 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 19 No
Transport 89% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 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 291 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 318 of 649
1,605
2,117 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,235
1,654 eligible divisions
895
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.7% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
596
48.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

66
-14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 649
Appearances
15
-65.6 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 649
68
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
Contributions
17
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 607 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
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
13
6 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Housing
45 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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