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Ben Lake vs Lauren Edwards

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Lauren Edwards voted the same way 38% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

119 same votes 196 different votes 315 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
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 81% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 77% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 63% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 3 No
Energy 62% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
42 Aye 25 No
Tax 24% aligned 67 shared votes
35 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 31% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 5 No
Transport 33% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 11 No
Benefits 35% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 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
85.4%
13% above average
Rank 85 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
504
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
49.2% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
256
50.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650
Appearances
46
-37.6 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 650
69
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Contributions
64
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£133,786
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£133,786
41% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
60 of 62 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
32 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API