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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 1,096 shared comparable votes.

91 same votes 1,005 different votes 1,096 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
27 Aye 20 No
Defence 19% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
5 Aye 6 No
Housing 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
101 Aye 46 No
Tax 18% aligned 147 shared votes
42 Aye 105 No
19 Aye 19 No
Transport 13% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
17 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 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

75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
Participation
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,571
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
740
47.1% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
831
52.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
Appearances
8
-75.7 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649
Contributions
13
-132.9 vs Commons average
Rank 621 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
16
3 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
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 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