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Graham Stringer vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Ben Lake voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 986 shared comparable votes.

775 same votes 211 different votes 986 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 11 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
30 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 86 No
Migration 97% aligned 113 shared votes
26 Aye 87 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 49 No
Brexit / EU 45% aligned 88 shared votes
51 Aye 37 No
91 Aye 51 No
Tax 68% aligned 142 shared votes
94 Aye 48 No
16 Aye 23 No
Defence 69% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 4 No
Housing 73% aligned 15 shared votes
13 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 25 No
Transport 78% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

57.7%
15% below average
Rank 589 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,372
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
685
49.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
687
50.1% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
115
8.4% 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

56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
44
-101.9 vs Commons average
Rank 533 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

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29% below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
3
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

Migration
123 of 171 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Housing
44 of 67 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API