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Christian Wakeford vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Ben Lake voted the same way 47% of the time, based on 1,004 shared comparable votes.

476 same votes 528 different votes 1,004 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 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
31 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 80% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
33 Aye 98 No
Migration 76% aligned 131 shared votes
34 Aye 97 No
17 Aye 13 No
Energy 67% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 17% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 17 No
Transport 21% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
31 Aye 22 No
Benefits 30% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 17 No
Trade 32% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 32% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 73 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,429
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
684
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
745
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
9
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

1
-82.7 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
1
-144.9 vs Commons average
Rank 633 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

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
0
0 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

Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 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