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Jake Richards vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Ben Lake voted the same way 41% of the time, based on 220 shared comparable votes.

90 same votes 130 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
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
15 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 76% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 4 No
Migration 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
20 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 31% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 16 No
Tax 33% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
4 Aye 9 No
Benefits 38% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

72.8 %
same as average
Rank 364 of 650
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 293 of 650
410
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,590
2,094 eligible divisions
213
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
886
55.7 % of votes cast
197
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
704
44.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

60
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Appearances
61
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
203
+77.2 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 650
Contributions
64
-61.8 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£187,382
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
4
4 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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Trade
79 of 85 votes
Defence
30 of 33 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Education
43 of 49 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