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Ben Lake vs Alex Mayer

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


Voting alignment

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

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

Voting record

75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
Participation
95.3%
23% above average
Rank 1 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
562
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
281
50.0% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
281
50.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650
Appearances
71
-12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 650
69
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Contributions
79
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 411 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
£198,550
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£198,550
12% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5

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