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Chris Curtis vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Chris Curtis and Ben Lake voted the same way 41% of the time, based on 299 shared comparable votes.

123 same votes 176 different votes 299 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
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 88% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
25 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 84% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 77% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 67% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 6 No
Energy 62% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
34 Aye 32 No
Tax 24% aligned 66 shared votes
42 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 31% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 15 No
Defence 35% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 38% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

81.0%
8% above average
Rank 181 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
478
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
235
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
243
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
710
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, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

31
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 551 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
42
-103.9 vs Commons average
Rank 539 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

£182,956
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£182,956
19% below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
11
4 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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 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