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Sarah Olney vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Ben Lake voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 906 shared comparable votes.

866 same votes 40 different votes 906 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
20 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
20 Aye 93 No
25 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 21 No
Trade 100% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 61% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 5 No
Education 82% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
28 Aye 19 No
Defence 91% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
75 Aye 40 No
Tax 94% aligned 115 shared votes
76 Aye 39 No
26 Aye 18 No
Benefits 95% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 415 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,132
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
606
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
526
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
12
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

119
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
140
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 130 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

£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % 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
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
47 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Defence
53 of 58 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Trade
45 of 50 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API