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Mr Will Forster vs Ben Lake
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Will Forster and Ben Lake voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 271 shared comparable votes.
220 same votes
51 different votes
271 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
74.8 %
2 % above average
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
421
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,590
2,094 eligible divisions
223
53.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
886
55.7 % of votes cast
198
47.0 % of votes cast
No votes
704
44.3 % of votes cast
4
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Debates
146
+75.1 vs Commons average
Appearances
61
-9.9 vs Commons average
186
+60.2 vs Commons average
Contributions
64
-61.8 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£153,282
32 % below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API