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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 42% of the time, based on 229 shared comparable votes.

97 same votes 132 different votes 229 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
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 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

72.4%
same as average
Rank 371 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
220
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
207
48.5% 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, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 106 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

£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
3
3 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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Education
44 of 50 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
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API