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Ed Davey vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Ed Davey and Ben Lake voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 1,069 shared comparable votes.

1,029 same votes 40 different votes 1,069 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
103 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 167 shared votes
103 Aye 64 No
36 Aye 73 No
Migration 100% aligned 109 shared votes
36 Aye 73 No
16 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 64% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 5 No
Education 86% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
84 Aye 46 No
Tax 92% aligned 130 shared votes
86 Aye 44 No
24 Aye 16 No
Transport 95% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 32 No
Trade 96% aligned 48 shared votes
16 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

59.6%
13% below average
Rank 575 of 650
Participation
74.9%
3% above average
Rank 313 of 650
1,288
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,162 eligible divisions
720
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
903
55.8% of votes cast
568
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
716
44.2% of votes cast
8
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

74
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 650
Appearances
77
-17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 650
125
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650
Contributions
78
-86.6 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£294,578
30% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
11
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
170 of 189 votes
#1
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
Migration
113 of 163 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 90 votes
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
#4
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
Crime / Justice
126 of 198 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes

Recent voting overlap

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