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Ian Lavery vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Ben Lake voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,236 shared comparable votes.

1,077 same votes 159 different votes 1,236 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
92 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 152 shared votes
92 Aye 60 No
8 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 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
35 Aye 101 No
Migration 99% aligned 136 shared votes
36 Aye 100 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 2 No
Education 65% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
106 Aye 56 No
Tax 71% aligned 162 shared votes
113 Aye 49 No
13 Aye 8 No
Housing 76% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 78% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
23 Aye 23 No
Defence 78% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 300 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,756
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
986
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
770
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

56
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
80
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 303 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

£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
2
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

Housing
61 of 66 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Defence
54 of 59 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 75 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
147 of 169 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API