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Johanna Baxter vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Johanna Baxter
Johanna Baxter
Lab Paisley and Renfrewshire South
vs
Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Johanna Baxter and Ben Lake voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 298 shared comparable votes.

119 same votes 179 different votes 298 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
14 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 88% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Housing 20% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
39 Aye 27 No
Tax 24% aligned 66 shared votes
37 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 31% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
7 Aye 1 No
Education 38% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

87.4 %
15 % above average
Rank 58 of 650
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 293 of 650
493
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,591
2,095 eligible divisions
249
50.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
887
55.8 % of votes cast
244
49.5 % of votes cast
No votes
704
44.2 % of votes cast
12
2.4 % 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

116
+44.1 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 650
Appearances
63
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
132
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 650
Contributions
66
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£135,214
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£135,214
40 % 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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
79 of 85 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API