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Ben Lake vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 1,071 shared comparable votes.

83 same votes 988 different votes 1,071 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 7 No
Education 36% aligned 14 shared votes
2 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 6 No
Housing 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
99 Aye 46 No
Tax 17% aligned 145 shared votes
40 Aye 105 No
23 Aye 16 No
Defence 15% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
67 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 125 shared votes
67 Aye 58 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
34 Aye 29 No
17 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
Participation
66.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 497 of 648
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,542
2,312 eligible divisions
867
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
718
46.6 % of votes cast
695
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
824
53.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 648
Appearances
4
-56.4 vs Commons average
Rank 632 of 648
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 648
Contributions
9
-99.9 vs Commons average
Rank 622 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
13
3 registered categories
0
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
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Trade
71 of 88 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
125 of 169 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
43 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API