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Ben Lake vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 1,349 shared comparable votes.

143 same votes 1,206 different votes 1,349 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
8 Aye 7 No
Education 33% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
109 Aye 60 No
Tax 26% aligned 169 shared votes
54 Aye 115 No
76 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 18% aligned 152 shared votes
80 Aye 72 No
27 Aye 23 No
Defence 18% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 17 No
Benefits 16% aligned 44 shared votes
10 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 100 No
Migration 0% aligned 135 shared votes
100 Aye 35 No
36 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
22 Aye 36 No
14 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 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
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
110
+28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
224
+81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
202 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API