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Hilary Benn vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Ben Lake voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,290 shared comparable votes.

1,128 same votes 162 different votes 1,290 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
93 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 162 shared votes
93 Aye 69 No
10 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
39 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 62 shared votes
38 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 2 No
Education 63% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
100 Aye 52 No
Tax 69% aligned 152 shared votes
97 Aye 55 No
35 Aye 23 No
Benefits 72% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 25 No
Defence 79% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
76 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 80% aligned 147 shared votes
72 Aye 75 No

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

Voting record

77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 271 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,785
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
1,020
57.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
765
42.9 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
26 years, 11 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

38
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
298
+190.1 vs Commons average
Rank 37 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

£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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
68 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Education
88 of 95 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Defence
51 of 59 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