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Valerie Vaz vs Ben Lake
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Valerie Vaz and Ben Lake voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,299 shared comparable votes.
1,132 same votes
167 different votes
1,299 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
76.6%
4% above average
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
797
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Debates
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
14
-131.9 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
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
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API