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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 1,154 shared comparable votes.

1,017 same votes 137 different votes 1,154 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 99 No
Migration 98% aligned 126 shared votes
30 Aye 96 No
15 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 4 No
Education 67% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
97 Aye 39 No
Tax 74% aligned 136 shared votes
93 Aye 43 No
24 Aye 16 No
Benefits 75% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 19 No
Defence 76% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 11 No
Energy 82% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 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
65.8%
7% below average
Rank 504 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
696
44.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
22 years, 1 months
Since 15 Jul 2004

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
46
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
63
-79.3 vs Commons average
Rank 461 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
£3,073,714
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 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