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Ben Lake vs Peter Dowd
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Ben Lake and Peter Dowd voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,154 shared comparable votes.
996 same votes
158 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
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
69.2%
3% below average
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,664
2,406 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
928
55.8% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
77
-15.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
53
-39.9 vs Commons average
78
-83.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
40
-121.6 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API