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Luke Pollard vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Luke Pollard and Ben Lake voted the same way 89% of the time, based on 1,200 shared comparable votes.

1,069 same votes 131 different votes 1,200 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
93 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
93 Aye 68 No
8 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 1 No
Education 71% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
23 Aye 27 No
Defence 74% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
96 Aye 52 No
Tax 74% aligned 148 shared votes
96 Aye 52 No
23 Aye 20 No
Benefits 81% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
65 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 83% aligned 132 shared votes
63 Aye 69 No

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

Voting record

69.3 %
3 % below average
Rank 442 of 649
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,460
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
807
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
55.7 % of votes cast
653
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
708
44.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

78
+0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 650
Appearances
66
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
731
+592.7 vs Commons average
Rank 8 of 650
Contributions
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£309,067
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
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
61 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Migration
144 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Defence
58 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
71 of 87 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API