The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Lorraine Beavers vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Lorraine Beavers and Ben Lake voted the same way 43% of the time, based on 300 shared comparable votes.

128 same votes 172 different votes 300 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
25 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 84% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 80% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 6 No
Energy 62% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 60% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
39 Aye 31 No
Tax 23% aligned 70 shared votes
41 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 29% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
4 Aye 9 No
Transport 31% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 38% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

86.3%
14% above average
Rank 71 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
509
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
268
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
241
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
9
1.8% 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 332 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
85
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 388 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

£199,406
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£199,406
12% below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
2
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 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