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Ben Lake vs Sir Gavin Williamson

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Sir Gavin Williamson voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 1,271 shared comparable votes.

142 same votes 1,129 different votes 1,271 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
114 Aye 58 No
Tax 28% aligned 172 shared votes
55 Aye 117 No
7 Aye 5 No
Education 25% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
28 Aye 23 No
Defence 20% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 14% aligned 21 shared votes
3 Aye 18 No
71 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 133 shared votes
72 Aye 61 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
2 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
40 Aye 104 No
Migration 2% aligned 144 shared votes
101 Aye 43 No
40 Aye 30 No
Trade 3% aligned 70 shared votes
32 Aye 38 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
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
47.8% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
971
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
72
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
89
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 368 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
£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£278,816
23% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 171 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Transport
83 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 91 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Housing
57 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API