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Tim Farron vs Ben Lake
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Tim Farron and Ben Lake voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 1,133 shared comparable votes.
1,077 same votes
56 different votes
1,133 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
62.7%
10% below average
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
1,489
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
815
54.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
674
45.3% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
23
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Debates
156
+72.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
178
+32.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£301,196
33% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
25
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API