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Derek Twigg vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Derek Twigg and Ben Lake voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 963 shared comparable votes.

822 same votes 141 different votes 963 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
12 Aye 24 No
Trade 100% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
79 Aye 45 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 124 shared votes
80 Aye 44 No
32 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 47 shared votes
31 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
81 Aye 38 No
Tax 71% aligned 119 shared votes
86 Aye 33 No
9 Aye 2 No
Education 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 17 No
Defence 74% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
65 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 76% aligned 114 shared votes
62 Aye 52 No
29 Aye 16 No
Benefits 82% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

58.4 %
15 % below average
Rank 589 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,351
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
784
58.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
567
42.0 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
25
1.9 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

37
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 648
Appearances
48
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 648
23
-86.3 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 648
Contributions
51
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£227,917
1 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
1
1 registered category
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

#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Environment / Climate
31 of 45 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 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