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Patricia Ferguson vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Patricia Ferguson and Ben Lake voted the same way 37% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

100 same votes 172 different votes 272 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
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
19 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 85% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 2 No
Migration 60% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
37 Aye 20 No
Tax 23% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
22 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 29% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
3 Aye 8 No
Transport 36% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

78.1%
6% above average
Rank 240 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
461
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
234
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
227
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
18
3.9% 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

88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 303 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

£151,093
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£151,093
33% below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API