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Ben Lake vs Alex Brewer

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Alex Brewer voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 256 shared comparable votes.

219 same votes 37 different votes 256 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
10 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 100% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 36% aligned 11 shared votes
1 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 8 No
Benefits 77% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 9 No
Defence 79% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 5 No
Education 86% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
3% above average
Rank 307 of 650
Participation
65.5%
7% below average
Rank 510 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
406
620 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
227
55.9% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
179
44.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 650
Appearances
58
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
78
-83.6 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Contributions
59
-102.6 vs Commons average
Rank 507 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£198,635
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£198,635
12% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
1 registered category
2
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

Migration
157 of 163 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Education
42 of 50 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Defence
28 of 34 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