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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 97% of the time, based on 1,046 shared comparable votes.

1,010 same votes 36 different votes 1,046 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
15 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 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
82 Aye 44 No
Tax 92% aligned 126 shared votes
84 Aye 42 No
18 Aye 6 No
Energy 96% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 16 No
Transport 97% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

60.9 %
12 % below average
Rank 575 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,253
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
699
55.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
554
44.2 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
6
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

49
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
82
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 296 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

£2,538,367
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
1
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

Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Migration
113 of 161 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
122 of 193 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API