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Ben Lake vs Ian Lavery
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Ben Lake and Ian Lavery voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,283 shared comparable votes.
1,103 same votes
180 different votes
1,283 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
74.9%
3% above average
Participation
76.5%
4% above average
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,841
2,406 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
55.2% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
825
44.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.2% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
77
-15.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
105
+12.1 vs Commons average
78
-83.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
128
-33.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API