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Mike Kane vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Mike Kane and Ben Lake voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,182 shared comparable votes.

1,031 same votes 151 different votes 1,182 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
87 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 154 shared votes
87 Aye 67 No
12 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 1 No
Education 50% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
30 Aye 23 No
Benefits 70% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
69 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 75% aligned 130 shared votes
65 Aye 65 No
98 Aye 44 No
Tax 77% aligned 142 shared votes
101 Aye 41 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 80% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

72.5 %
1 % below average
Rank 376 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,677
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
961
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
716
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
12 years, 3 months
Since 13 Feb 2014
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

35
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
60
-47.9 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 648
Contributions
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,395,924
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£291,311
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Housing
61 of 66 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 75 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API