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Patrick Spencer vs Ben Lake
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Patrick Spencer and Ben Lake voted the same way 49% of the time, based on 254 shared comparable votes.
125 same votes
129 different votes
254 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
70.3%
2% below average
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
222
53.5% 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
10
-73.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
10
-135.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£159,842
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
7
4 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API