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Rushanara Ali vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Rushanara Ali and Ben Lake voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,254 shared comparable votes.

1,084 same votes 170 different votes 1,254 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
96 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 162 shared votes
96 Aye 66 No
5 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
39 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 60 shared votes
38 Aye 22 No
38 Aye 95 No
Migration 98% aligned 133 shared votes
37 Aye 96 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 0 No
Education 64% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
34 Aye 22 No
Benefits 71% aligned 56 shared votes
34 Aye 22 No
110 Aye 52 No
Tax 74% aligned 162 shared votes
110 Aye 52 No
77 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 78% aligned 152 shared votes
77 Aye 75 No
21 Aye 18 No
Defence 82% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 297 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,759
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
1,008
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
751
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
18
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

22
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
60
-47.9 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 648
Contributions
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£325,502
44 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
77 of 88 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API