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Alex Mayer vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Alex Mayer and Ben Lake voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 341 shared comparable votes.

136 same votes 205 different votes 341 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
4 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
26 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 84% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 6 No
Migration 60% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 6 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
38 Aye 32 No
Tax 23% aligned 70 shared votes
42 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 31% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
7 Aye 2 No
Education 33% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 11 No
Transport 38% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

95.3%
23% above average
Rank 1 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
562
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
281
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
281
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

71
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 411 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

£198,550
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£198,550
12% below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
3
3 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 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