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Dame Meg Hillier vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Ben Lake voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,211 shared comparable votes.

1,056 same votes 155 different votes 1,211 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
98 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 167 shared votes
98 Aye 69 No
28 Aye 30 No
Trade 100% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
6 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
38 Aye 89 No
Migration 98% aligned 127 shared votes
36 Aye 91 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 2 No
Education 65% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
34 Aye 23 No
Benefits 72% aligned 57 shared votes
34 Aye 23 No
110 Aye 50 No
Tax 73% aligned 160 shared votes
110 Aye 50 No
7 Aye 8 No
Housing 73% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 22 No
Defence 81% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

73.4 %
same as average
Rank 359 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,698
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
967
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
731
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

88
+28.1 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
120
+12.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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

£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
8
2 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Education
81 of 95 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Defence
50 of 59 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 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