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Charlotte Nichols vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Charlotte Nichols and Ben Lake voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 947 shared comparable votes.

777 same votes 170 different votes 947 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
21 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
27 Aye 98 No
Migration 98% aligned 125 shared votes
26 Aye 99 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 2 No
Education 57% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
80 Aye 44 No
Tax 62% aligned 124 shared votes
85 Aye 39 No
28 Aye 20 No
Benefits 71% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 8 No
Housing 76% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 22 No
Defence 78% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

77.5 %
4 % above average
Rank 266 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,235
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
641
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
594
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

21
-38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
26
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 648
Contributions
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,254,140
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£305,109
35 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Defence
54 of 58 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Education
63 of 68 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Housing
49 of 53 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Energy
40 of 45 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API