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Helen Hayes vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Helen Hayes and Ben Lake voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 1,311 shared comparable votes.

1,148 same votes 163 different votes 1,311 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
97 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 165 shared votes
97 Aye 68 No
26 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 58 shared votes
26 Aye 32 No
3 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
36 Aye 102 No
Migration 99% aligned 138 shared votes
37 Aye 101 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 2 No
Education 64% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
117 Aye 55 No
Tax 70% aligned 172 shared votes
117 Aye 55 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 75% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 25 No
Defence 78% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
33 Aye 17 No
Benefits 78% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

79.5 %
6 % above average
Rank 225 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,838
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
1,022
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
816
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
18
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

73
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
100
-7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 233 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

£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£295,156
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
2
2 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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Housing
62 of 66 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Transport
77 of 87 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