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Dr Rupa Huq vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Dr Rupa Huq and Ben Lake voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,229 shared comparable votes.

1,065 same votes 164 different votes 1,229 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
95 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 165 shared votes
95 Aye 70 No
10 Aye 7 No
Energy 100% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 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
35 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 54 shared votes
34 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 1 No
Education 64% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
99 Aye 59 No
Tax 70% aligned 158 shared votes
105 Aye 53 No
30 Aye 23 No
Benefits 70% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
60 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 80% aligned 137 shared votes
66 Aye 71 No
23 Aye 25 No
Defence 81% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

73.7 %
1 % above average
Rank 349 of 647
Participation
75.8 %
3 % above average
Rank 300 of 647
1,711
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,568
2,068 eligible divisions
945
55.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
869
55.4 % of votes cast
766
44.8 % of votes cast
No votes
699
44.6 % of votes cast
13
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

59
-4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 647
Appearances
50
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 647
49
-64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 647
Contributions
53
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£1,593,926
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£234,745
4 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
7
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
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

Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Defence
52 of 59 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 75 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
72 of 88 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