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Clive Efford vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Clive Efford and Ben Lake voted the same way 89% of the time, based on 1,242 shared comparable votes.

1,106 same votes 136 different votes 1,242 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
89 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 155 shared votes
89 Aye 66 No
18 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
39 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 61 shared votes
38 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 7 No
Housing 67% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 2 No
Education 77% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
70 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 77% aligned 136 shared votes
73 Aye 63 No
108 Aye 50 No
Tax 78% aligned 158 shared votes
107 Aye 51 No
32 Aye 21 No
Benefits 81% aligned 53 shared votes
32 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 296 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,760
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
1,001
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
759
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

78
+18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
66
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 648
Contributions
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,722,645
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£265,723
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Migration
150 of 169 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Education
83 of 95 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Defence
50 of 59 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 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