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Tom Gordon vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Tom Gordon and Ben Lake voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 264 shared comparable votes.

220 same votes 44 different votes 264 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
5 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 42% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 13 No
Benefits 77% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 8 No
Defence 79% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 2 No
Transport 85% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
30 Aye 32 No
Tax 85% aligned 62 shared votes
35 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

67.8%
5% below average
Rank 467 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
400
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
219
54.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
181
45.3% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

199
+115.3 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
282
+136.1 vs Commons average
Rank 68 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

£217,333
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£217,333
4% below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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