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Damien Egan vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Damien Egan
Damien Egan
Lab Bristol North East
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Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Damien Egan and Ben Lake voted the same way 49% of the time, based on 318 shared comparable votes.

155 same votes 163 different votes 318 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
15 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 18 No
Migration 90% aligned 20 shared votes
2 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 88% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 3 No
Trade 70% aligned 10 shared votes
10 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 29 No
Tax 28% aligned 64 shared votes
41 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 33% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 12 No
Benefits 33% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 4 No
Defence 33% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 2 No
Education 38% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

71.3%
1% below average
Rank 401 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
482
676 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
225
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
257
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 7 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

26
-57.7 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 649
Contributions
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£245,488
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£233,152
3% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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

Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Energy
21 of 23 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Trade
10 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Transport
28 of 31 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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