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Ben Lake vs Ed Davey

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Ed Davey voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,046 shared comparable votes.

1,010 same votes 36 different votes 1,046 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
103 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 167 shared votes
103 Aye 64 No
36 Aye 73 No
Migration 100% aligned 109 shared votes
36 Aye 73 No
15 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 64% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 5 No
Education 86% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
84 Aye 42 No
Tax 92% aligned 126 shared votes
82 Aye 44 No
17 Aye 7 No
Energy 96% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 17 No
Transport 97% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
Participation
60.9 %
12 % below average
Rank 575 of 648
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,253
2,057 eligible divisions
867
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
699
55.8 % of votes cast
695
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
554
44.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 648
Appearances
49
-11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 648
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 648
Contributions
82
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
170 of 188 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 161 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 193 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API