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Brian Mathew vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Ben Lake voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 252 shared comparable votes.

207 same votes 45 different votes 252 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
4 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 100% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 12 No
Benefits 77% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 1 No
Trade 80% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
25 Aye 25 No
Tax 84% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

65.8%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
388
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
196
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
192
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
13
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

81
-1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 649
Appearances
66
-16.1 vs Commons average
Rank 332 of 649
91
-51.9 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Contributions
68
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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

#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API