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Ben Lake vs Liam Byrne
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Ben Lake and Liam Byrne voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 1,159 shared comparable votes.
1,018 same votes
141 different votes
1,159 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
66.1%
6% below average
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,590
2,406 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
879
55.3% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
711
44.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Debates
78
-14.1 vs Commons average
Appearances
55
-37.1 vs Commons average
79
-81.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
72
-88.1 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
£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£280,258
24% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
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