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Gareth Thomas vs Ben Lake
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Gareth Thomas and Ben Lake voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 1,173 shared comparable votes.
1,033 same votes
140 different votes
1,173 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
66.5%
6% below average
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
684
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Debates
43
-40.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
48
-97.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
14
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API