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Chris Bryant vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Chris Bryant and Ben Lake voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 1,133 shared comparable votes.

1,021 same votes 112 different votes 1,133 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
93 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 157 shared votes
93 Aye 64 No
26 Aye 79 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
26 Aye 79 No
12 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 1 No
Education 73% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
93 Aye 44 No
Tax 77% aligned 137 shared votes
95 Aye 42 No
23 Aye 22 No
Defence 80% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 17 No
Benefits 81% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 81% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

66.2 %
6 % below average
Rank 497 of 649
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,563
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
891
57.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
55.7 % of votes cast
672
43.0 % of votes cast
No votes
708
44.3 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

82
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
Appearances
66
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
443
+304.7 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650
Contributions
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,807,799
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£277,046
23 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
5
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Defence
52 of 71 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

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