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Richard Burgon vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Richard Burgon and Ben Lake voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 1,316 shared comparable votes.

1,187 same votes 129 different votes 1,316 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
93 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
93 Aye 68 No
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 3 No
Education 100% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
37 Aye 102 No
Migration 99% aligned 139 shared votes
36 Aye 103 No
Most different by topic
102 Aye 54 No
Tax 77% aligned 156 shared votes
110 Aye 46 No
22 Aye 24 No
Defence 78% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 82% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
25 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 86% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 25 No
Transport 87% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

80.3 %
7 % above average
Rank 202 of 647
Participation
75.8 %
3 % above average
Rank 300 of 647
1,865
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,568
2,068 eligible divisions
1,027
55.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
869
55.4 % of votes cast
838
44.9 % of votes cast
No votes
699
44.6 % of votes cast
40
2.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

73
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 647
Appearances
50
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 647
82
-31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 647
Contributions
53
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£301,574
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
7
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

Work / Employment
70 of 75 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Defence
54 of 59 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 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