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Christine Jardine vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Christine Jardine and Ben Lake voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 1,169 shared comparable votes.

1,124 same votes 45 different votes 1,169 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
101 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 171 shared votes
101 Aye 70 No
36 Aye 96 No
Migration 100% aligned 132 shared votes
36 Aye 96 No
14 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 5 No
Housing 100% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 6 No
Education 86% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
33 Aye 17 No
Defence 90% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
31 Aye 21 No
Benefits 90% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 92% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
85 Aye 48 No
Tax 92% aligned 133 shared votes
87 Aye 46 No

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

Voting record

66.2%
6% below average
Rank 497 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,405
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
784
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
621
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

154
+70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
159
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 190 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

£1,941,958
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£318,822
41% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
16
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

Brexit / EU
176 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Migration
136 of 163 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 46 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
68 of 87 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