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Ben Lake vs Shaun 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 Shaun Davies
Shaun Davies
Lab Telford

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Shaun Davies voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 238 shared comparable votes.

95 same votes 143 different votes 238 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
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
17 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 3 No
Energy 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 80% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 23% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
33 Aye 20 No
Tax 25% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
12 Aye 7 No
Defence 37% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 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
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 511 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
386
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
203
52.6% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
183
47.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.8% 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
32
-51.6 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 650
69
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Contributions
44
-101.7 vs Commons average
Rank 531 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
£210,313
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£210,313
7% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
35
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Migration
11 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Benefits
23 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 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
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
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