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Sarah Gibson vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Gibson and Ben Lake voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 252 shared comparable votes.

209 same votes 43 different votes 252 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
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 0 No
Energy 100% aligned 9 shared votes
9 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 100% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 5 No
Education 71% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 1 No
Trade 80% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
27 Aye 27 No
Tax 81% aligned 54 shared votes
31 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

63.1%
10% below average
Rank 541 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
372
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
200
53.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
172
46.2% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

26
-57.7 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
32
-113.9 vs Commons average
Rank 572 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

£230,135
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£230,135
2% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
6
3 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

#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
45 of 62 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