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Sir Stephen Timms vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Ben Lake voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,347 shared comparable votes.

1,173 same votes 174 different votes 1,347 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 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 162 shared votes
93 Aye 69 No
36 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 59 shared votes
36 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 2 No
Education 69% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
25 Aye 33 No
Defence 74% aligned 58 shared votes
34 Aye 24 No
103 Aye 62 No
Tax 75% aligned 165 shared votes
117 Aye 48 No
28 Aye 23 No
Benefits 80% aligned 51 shared votes
30 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 12 No
Energy 81% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

78.5%
6% above average
Rank 228 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
199
+53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 138 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

£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
8
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 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