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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 984 shared comparable votes.

835 same votes 149 different votes 984 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
14 Aye 24 No
Trade 100% aligned 38 shared votes
14 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 41 No
Tax 69% aligned 122 shared votes
89 Aye 33 No
9 Aye 2 No
Education 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 18 No
Defence 75% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
65 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 76% aligned 114 shared votes
62 Aye 52 No
15 Aye 22 No
Transport 81% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

58.0%
15% below average
Rank 587 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,377
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
793
57.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
584
42.4% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
27
2.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
40
-105.9 vs Commons average
Rank 548 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

£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
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

#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API