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Catherine West vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Catherine West and Ben Lake voted the same way 89% of the time, based on 1,244 shared comparable votes.

1,105 same votes 139 different votes 1,244 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
97 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 164 shared votes
97 Aye 67 No
15 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 2 No
Education 63% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
89 Aye 53 No
Tax 73% aligned 142 shared votes
98 Aye 44 No
34 Aye 21 No
Benefits 76% aligned 55 shared votes
31 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 79% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 27 No
Transport 83% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
947
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
800
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
8
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
60
-85.9 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
Contributions
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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

Education
86 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 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