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Sir Mark Tami vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mark Tami and Ben Lake voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 1,332 shared comparable votes.

1,137 same votes 195 different votes 1,332 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
93 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
93 Aye 68 No
5 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
37 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 59 shared votes
36 Aye 23 No
36 Aye 103 No
Migration 98% aligned 139 shared votes
35 Aye 104 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 2 No
Education 63% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
112 Aye 60 No
Tax 70% aligned 172 shared votes
113 Aye 59 No
32 Aye 23 No
Benefits 71% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 19 No
Defence 76% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 8 No
Housing 76% 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

82.3 %
9 % above average
Rank 164 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,903
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
1,048
55.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
855
44.9 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
15
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

0
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
0
-107.9 vs Commons average
Rank 643 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

£2,953,004
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£286,200
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
2
2 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

Education
90 of 95 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Transport
79 of 87 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API