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Caroline Voaden vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Caroline Voaden and Ben Lake voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

230 same votes 50 different votes 280 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 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 30% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 6 No
Education 75% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 8 No
Defence 76% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 12 No
Benefits 78% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 2 No
Transport 80% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

68.7%
4% below average
Rank 450 of 650
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 650
415
604 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,612
2,135 eligible divisions
211
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
55.8% of votes cast
204
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

197
+110.1 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650
Appearances
76
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 650
243
+91.6 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 650
Contributions
78
-73.4 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£193,283
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£193,283
15% below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
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
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 90 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 5 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

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