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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 1,278 shared comparable votes.

1,102 same votes 176 different votes 1,278 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
92 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 152 shared votes
92 Aye 60 No
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
36 Aye 102 No
Migration 99% aligned 138 shared votes
35 Aye 103 No
33 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 53 shared votes
34 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 6 No
Education 65% aligned 17 shared votes
15 Aye 2 No
115 Aye 49 No
Tax 70% aligned 164 shared votes
106 Aye 58 No
33 Aye 23 No
Defence 73% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
14 Aye 7 No
Housing 76% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 78% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
86
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
113
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 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
£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

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API