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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 37% of the time, based on 297 shared comparable votes.

109 same votes 188 different votes 297 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
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 83% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 3 No
Energy 78% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
38 Aye 29 No
Tax 24% aligned 67 shared votes
39 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 31% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
5 Aye 10 No
Defence 33% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

95.4 %
22 % above average
Rank 1 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
502
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
259
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
243
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

47
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
48
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 458 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

£197,450
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£197,450
13 % below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
4
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

Crime / Justice
61 of 61 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Education
49 of 49 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API