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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 1,346 shared comparable votes.

1,208 same votes 138 different votes 1,346 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 103 No
Migration 99% aligned 140 shared votes
36 Aye 104 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 29 No
Defence 75% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
102 Aye 56 No
Tax 76% aligned 158 shared votes
112 Aye 46 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 82% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 27 No
Transport 84% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 86% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

80.1%
7% above average
Rank 194 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,903
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
1,042
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
861
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
45
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

85
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
97
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 345 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

£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
8
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

Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 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