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Freddie van Mierlo vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Freddie van Mierlo and Ben Lake voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 177 shared comparable votes.

143 same votes 34 different votes 177 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
5 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 0 No
Energy 100% aligned 9 shared votes
9 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 1 No
Transport 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 90% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 36% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 12 No
Benefits 72% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 6 No
Education 75% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
24 Aye 14 No
Tax 76% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 2 No
Defence 80% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

41.4%
31% below average
Rank 633 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
244
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
134
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
110
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

92
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 279 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

£177,310
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£177,310
22% below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
3
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Benefits
19 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Energy
10 of 20 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 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