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Emily Thornberry vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and Ben Lake voted the same way 89% of the time, based on 1,055 shared comparable votes.

944 same votes 111 different votes 1,055 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
90 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 146 shared votes
90 Aye 56 No
22 Aye 26 No
Trade 100% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
88 Aye 49 No
Tax 74% aligned 137 shared votes
97 Aye 40 No
12 Aye 1 No
Education 77% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 19 No
Defence 84% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
52 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 84% aligned 114 shared votes
54 Aye 60 No
28 Aye 12 No
Benefits 85% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

62.2 %
11 % below average
Rank 557 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,439
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
807
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
632
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

59
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
89
-18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 648
Contributions
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
3
3 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Migration
124 of 169 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
51 of 75 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