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Ms Diane Abbott vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Ben Lake voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 1,112 shared comparable votes.

1,004 same votes 108 different votes 1,112 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
90 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 155 shared votes
90 Aye 65 No
35 Aye 84 No
Migration 100% aligned 119 shared votes
35 Aye 84 No
17 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 7 No
Energy 100% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
98 Aye 52 No
Tax 75% aligned 150 shared votes
100 Aye 50 No
17 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 75% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 3 No
Housing 79% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 1 No
Education 80% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
23 Aye 21 No
Defence 84% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

64.4 %
8 % below average
Rank 526 of 649
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,521
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
850
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
55.7 % of votes cast
671
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
708
44.3 % of votes cast
31
2.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
39 years, 2 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

20
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 650
Appearances
66
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
27
-111.3 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 650
Contributions
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,702,592
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
3
3 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

Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Housing
49 of 66 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API