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Mrs Sharon Hodgson vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Mrs Sharon Hodgson and Ben Lake voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 1,189 shared comparable votes.

1,044 same votes 145 different votes 1,189 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
86 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 151 shared votes
86 Aye 65 No
28 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
5 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
32 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 2 No
Education 64% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
99 Aye 55 No
Tax 68% aligned 154 shared votes
98 Aye 56 No
11 Aye 7 No
Housing 72% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
67 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 77% aligned 121 shared votes
67 Aye 54 No
20 Aye 21 No
Defence 83% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

72.1 %
1 % below average
Rank 384 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,667
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
938
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
729
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

27
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 525 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
39
-68.9 vs Commons average
Rank 509 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

£3,068,484
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£282,668
25 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
6
3 registered categories
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

Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Migration
149 of 169 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Defence
47 of 59 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