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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 1,089 shared comparable votes.

90 same votes 999 different votes 1,089 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
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

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
Participation
66.1 %
7 % below average
Rank 500 of 649
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,561
2,361 eligible divisions
892
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
734
47.0 % of votes cast
708
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
827
53.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

66
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
Appearances
8
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650
Contributions
13
-125.3 vs Commons average
Rank 614 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
£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
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API