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Rachel Hopkins vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Hopkins and Ben Lake voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 1,073 shared comparable votes.

862 same votes 211 different votes 1,073 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
22 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
37 Aye 102 No
Migration 97% aligned 139 shared votes
35 Aye 104 No
15 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 2 No
Education 57% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
91 Aye 49 No
Tax 61% aligned 140 shared votes
94 Aye 46 No
30 Aye 23 No
Benefits 70% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 30 No
Defence 72% aligned 54 shared votes
33 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 25 No
Transport 74% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

84.9%
12% above average
Rank 96 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,408
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
746
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
662
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
100
-45.9 vs Commons average
Rank 338 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

£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£253,152
12% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
2
2 registered categories
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
53 of 54 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Education
65 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Migration
143 of 154 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API