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Ben Lake vs David Davis

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 David Davis
David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and David Davis voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 1,098 shared comparable votes.

169 same votes 929 different votes 1,098 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
7 Aye 6 No
Education 38% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
26 Aye 21 No
Defence 34% aligned 47 shared votes
33 Aye 14 No
92 Aye 51 No
Tax 25% aligned 143 shared votes
45 Aye 98 No
5 Aye 7 No
Housing 25% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
23 Aye 19 No
Benefits 24% aligned 42 shared votes
13 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 1 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
25 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 2% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
101 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 171 shared votes
69 Aye 102 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 291 of 649
Participation
65.0%
8% below average
Rank 518 of 649
1,604
2,111 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,537
2,366 eligible divisions
894
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
46.7% of votes cast
710
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
819
53.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
91
5.9% of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
18 years, 1 months
Since 10 Jul 2008

Debates

66
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 649
Appearances
56
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 649
68
-69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 649
Contributions
87
-50.1 vs Commons average
Rank 368 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
£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£277,187
23% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Brexit / EU
198 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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