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Steve Darling vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Ben Lake voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 257 shared comparable votes.

213 same votes 44 different votes 257 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
9 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 36% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 11 No
Benefits 75% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 7 No
Defence 75% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 4 No
Education 80% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

67.5%
5% below average
Rank 472 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
7
1.8% 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

142
+58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
168
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 173 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

£235,469
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
8
5 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

Housing
27 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 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