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Lauren Edwards vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Lauren Edwards
Lauren Edwards
Lab Rochester and Strood
vs
Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Lauren Edwards and Ben Lake voted the same way 37% of the time, based on 308 shared comparable votes.

114 same votes 194 different votes 308 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
21 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 81% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 6 No
Energy 62% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
35 Aye 32 No
Tax 24% aligned 67 shared votes
42 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 31% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
4 Aye 11 No
Transport 33% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 10 No
Benefits 35% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 95 of 649
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
489
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
244
49.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
55.7 % of votes cast
245
50.1 % of votes cast
No votes
708
44.3 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

46
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
Appearances
66
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
64
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 650
Contributions
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£133,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£133,786
41 % below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Crime / Justice
60 of 62 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Defence
32 of 34 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
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