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Dr Simon Opher vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Dr Simon Opher and Ben Lake voted the same way 46% of the time, based on 275 shared comparable votes.

126 same votes 149 different votes 275 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
15 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 90% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 80% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 11 No
Benefits 71% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 5 No
Energy 64% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Housing 20% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
33 Aye 32 No
Tax 25% aligned 65 shared votes
42 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 31% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 10 No
Transport 31% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 38% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

79.8%
7% above average
Rank 202 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
471
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
223
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
248
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
7
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
73
-72.9 vs Commons average
Rank 436 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

£204,255
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£204,255
10% below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Trade
7 of 7 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API