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Samantha Dixon vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Samantha Dixon and Ben Lake voted the same way 67% of the time, based on 493 shared comparable votes.

331 same votes 162 different votes 493 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
8 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 7 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 33% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 10 No
Transport 38% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
40 Aye 33 No
Tax 40% aligned 73 shared votes
56 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 1 No
Education 44% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 12 No
Benefits 48% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

73.6%
1% above average
Rank 341 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
735
999 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
361
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
374
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
3 years, 10 months
Since 1 Dec 2022
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

75
-8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
288
+142.1 vs Commons average
Rank 65 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

£667,714
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£311,379
38% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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

Brexit / EU
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Trade
20 of 23 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
83 of 97 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