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Ben Lake vs Mr Douglas Alexander

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 41% of the time, based on 180 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 107 different votes 180 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
5 Aye 0 No
Energy 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 75% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 3 No
Migration 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 2 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
28 Aye 20 No
Tax 29% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 5 No
Benefits 33% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 1 No
Education 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 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
46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
277
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
121
43.7% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
156
56.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
51
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
69
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Contributions
224
+78.3 vs Commons average
Rank 113 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
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
20 of 34 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Tax
63 of 112 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