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Sarah Pochin vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Ben Lake voted the same way 55% of the time, based on 149 shared comparable votes.

82 same votes 67 different votes 149 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
2 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 15 No
Tax 88% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 1 No
Transport 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 68% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 5 No
Benefits 67% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 21% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 4 No
Trade 43% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

57.4%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
232
404 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
105
45.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
127
54.7% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
7
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
1 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
118
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 280 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

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
7
5 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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Housing
22 of 25 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Energy
6 of 8 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