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Liz Kendall vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Liz Kendall and Ben Lake voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 1,119 shared comparable votes.

1,014 same votes 105 different votes 1,119 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
96 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
96 Aye 65 No
38 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 60 shared votes
38 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 28 No
Trade 100% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 1 No
Education 69% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
31 Aye 22 No
Benefits 72% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 8 No
Housing 75% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
92 Aye 45 No
Tax 82% aligned 137 shared votes
102 Aye 35 No
47 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 90% aligned 109 shared votes
56 Aye 53 No

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

Voting record

64.4%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,530
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
875
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
655
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

37
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 522 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
526
+380.1 vs Commons average
Rank 20 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

£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£249,722
10% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
4
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

Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
126 of 171 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