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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 1,114 shared comparable votes.

1,061 same votes 53 different votes 1,114 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
97 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 159 shared votes
97 Aye 62 No
26 Aye 25 No
Trade 100% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 37 No
Work / Employment 67% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
6 Aye 0 No
Education 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 90% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
29 Aye 20 No
Defence 92% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 92% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

63.4 %
10 % below average
Rank 542 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,465
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
798
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
667
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
21
1.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

121
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
140
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 131 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

£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
8
3 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

Defence
53 of 59 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
131 of 169 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