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Gareth Bacon vs Ben Lake
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Gareth Bacon and Ben Lake voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 1,088 shared comparable votes.
140 same votes
948 different votes
1,088 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
87.7%
15% above average
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
1,450
1,654 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,605
2,117 eligible divisions
713
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
895
55.8% of votes cast
737
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Debates
56
-24.6 vs Commons average
Appearances
66
-14.6 vs Commons average
72
-68.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
68
-72.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
2
2 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API