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Ben Lake vs Damien Egan

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

Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli
vs
Photograph of Damien Egan
Damien Egan
Lab Bristol North East

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Damien Egan voted the same way 48% of the time, based on 313 shared comparable votes.

151 same votes 162 different votes 313 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
17 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 18 No
Migration 90% aligned 20 shared votes
2 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 88% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 0 No
Trade 70% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 23 No
Tax 28% aligned 64 shared votes
35 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 33% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 10 No
Benefits 33% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 2 No
Defence 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 5 No
Education 38% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
Participation
71.4 %
1 % below average
Rank 397 of 649
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
661 eligible divisions
892
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
221
46.8 % of votes cast
708
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
251
53.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 5 months
Since 15 Feb 2024

Debates

66
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Appearances
22
-55.6 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
68
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 649
Contributions
27
-110.9 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£245,488
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£233,152
3 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Energy
21 of 23 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
10 of 11 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Transport
28 of 31 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
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