Compare

Ben Lake vs Liam Byrne

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

Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli
vs
Photograph of Liam Byrne
Liam Byrne
Lab Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Liam Byrne voted the same way 89% of the time, based on 1,123 shared comparable votes.

997 same votes 126 different votes 1,123 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
93 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 154 shared votes
93 Aye 61 No
38 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 55 shared votes
38 Aye 17 No
2 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
27 Aye 97 No
Migration 98% aligned 124 shared votes
29 Aye 95 No
12 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 96% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 4 No
Education 67% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
24 Aye 16 No
Benefits 75% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
94 Aye 39 No
Tax 75% aligned 133 shared votes
93 Aye 40 No
23 Aye 17 No
Defence 80% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 87% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 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 297 of 647
Participation
65.2 %
8 % below average
Rank 517 of 647
1,575
2,078 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,522
2,333 eligible divisions
874
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
850
55.8 % of votes cast
701
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
672
44.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 11 months
Since 15 Jul 2004

Debates

60
-6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650
Appearances
34
-32.2 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 650
63
-54.8 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
48
-69.8 vs Commons average
Rank 476 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
£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
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
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 75 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Migration
131 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API