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Ian Roome vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Ian Roome and Ben Lake voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 220 shared comparable votes.

172 same votes 48 different votes 220 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
9 Aye 0 No
Energy 100% aligned 9 shared votes
9 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 94% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 6 No
Education 75% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 6 No
Defence 78% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 12 No
Benefits 78% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

54.2%
18% below average
Rank 610 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
320
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
178
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
142
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

91
+7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
117
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 285 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

£156,328
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£156,328
31% below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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

Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Trade
5 of 7 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Education
35 of 50 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API