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Ben Lake vs Mims Davies

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 Mims Davies
Mims Davies
Con East Grinstead and Uckfield

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Mims Davies voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 1,395 shared comparable votes.

164 same votes 1,231 different votes 1,395 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
7 Aye 6 No
Education 46% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
121 Aye 62 No
Tax 28% aligned 183 shared votes
60 Aye 123 No
72 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 17% aligned 149 shared votes
75 Aye 74 No
25 Aye 23 No
Benefits 17% aligned 48 shared votes
17 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 22 No
Defence 14% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 1 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
36 Aye 109 No
Migration 2% aligned 145 shared votes
106 Aye 39 No
99 Aye 74 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 173 shared votes
72 Aye 101 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
88.5%
16% above average
Rank 37 of 649
1,605
2,118 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,100
2,373 eligible divisions
895
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,001
47.7% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,099
52.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

66
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 649
Appearances
91
+10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 649
68
-72.6 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
Contributions
113
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 283 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
£1,871,353
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£272,930
21% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
162 of 171 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
86 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
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