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Melanie Ward vs Ben Lake
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Melanie Ward and Ben Lake voted the same way 41% of the time, based on 268 shared comparable votes.
110 same votes
158 different votes
268 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
76.1%
3% above average
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
449
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
220
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
229
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
14
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Debates
68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
93
-52.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14% below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
5
2 registered categories
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API