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Ian Murray vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Ben Lake voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 1,221 shared comparable votes.

1,070 same votes 151 different votes 1,221 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 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 166 shared votes
97 Aye 69 No
33 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 2 No
Education 69% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
31 Aye 23 No
Benefits 72% aligned 54 shared votes
32 Aye 22 No
95 Aye 45 No
Tax 73% aligned 140 shared votes
85 Aye 55 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 74% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 81% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

72.0 %
1 % below average
Rank 391 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,664
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
926
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
738
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

57
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
148
+40.1 vs Commons average
Rank 114 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

£2,997,266
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
7
3 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

Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Migration
150 of 169 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Benefits
63 of 81 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