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Debbie Abrahams vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Debbie Abrahams and Ben Lake voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,173 shared comparable votes.

1,008 same votes 165 different votes 1,173 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
91 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 153 shared votes
91 Aye 62 No
38 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 58 shared votes
38 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
26 Aye 98 No
Migration 99% aligned 124 shared votes
27 Aye 97 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 65% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
29 Aye 21 No
Benefits 68% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
106 Aye 48 No
Tax 69% aligned 154 shared votes
110 Aye 44 No
19 Aye 19 No
Defence 76% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 2 No
Education 77% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

70.4 %
3 % below average
Rank 428 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,628
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
892
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
736
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
15 years, 4 months
Since 13 Jan 2011
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

56
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 269 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
69
-38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 345 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

£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£290,169
28 % 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
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 75 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Brexit / EU
174 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
136 of 169 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