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Dr Sam Rushworth vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Dr Sam Rushworth and Ben Lake voted the same way 38% of the time, based on 264 shared comparable votes.

101 same votes 163 different votes 264 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
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
15 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 6 No
Migration 60% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 6 No
Energy 55% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 11 No
Defence 21% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
27 Aye 29 No
Tax 23% aligned 56 shared votes
36 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 24% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

71.9%
1% below average
Rank 381 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
424
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
213
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
211
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
16
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

69
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 649
Appearances
66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
146
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 649
Contributions
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£212,044
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£212,044
6% below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
4
3 registered categories
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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 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