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Claire Young vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Claire Young and Ben Lake voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 266 shared comparable votes.

218 same votes 48 different votes 266 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 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 6 No
Education 75% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 12 No
Benefits 76% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 8 No
Defence 79% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

73.0 %
same as average
Rank 358 of 649
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
420
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
221
52.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
55.7 % of votes cast
199
47.4 % of votes cast
No votes
708
44.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

132
+54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 650
Appearances
66
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
148
+9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650
Contributions
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£203,164
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£203,164
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
3
2 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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API