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Ruth Cadbury vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Ruth Cadbury and Ben Lake voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,268 shared comparable votes.

1,093 same votes 175 different votes 1,268 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
92 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
92 Aye 69 No
32 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 54 shared votes
32 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
39 Aye 87 No
Migration 98% aligned 126 shared votes
36 Aye 90 No
Most different by topic
115 Aye 57 No
Tax 71% aligned 172 shared votes
115 Aye 57 No
11 Aye 3 No
Housing 71% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 2 No
Education 73% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 27 No
Defence 73% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 22 No
Benefits 76% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

75.0%
2% above average
Rank 311 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,781
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
990
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
791
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% 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

65
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
73
-72.9 vs Commons average
Rank 435 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

£2,210,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£293,505
30% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
3
3 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

Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Education
78 of 96 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