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Mike Martin vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Mike Martin and Ben Lake voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 229 shared comparable votes.

189 same votes 40 different votes 229 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
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 100% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 36% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Education 71% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 5 No
Defence 73% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 1 No
Trade 80% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

58.0%
15% below average
Rank 586 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
342
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
191
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
151
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

112
+28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
148
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 211 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

£164,314
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£164,314
27% below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
41
5 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

Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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