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Liam Byrne vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Ben Lake voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 1,154 shared comparable votes.

1,017 same votes 137 different votes 1,154 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
93 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 154 shared votes
93 Aye 61 No
38 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 55 shared votes
38 Aye 17 No
2 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
30 Aye 96 No
Migration 98% aligned 126 shared votes
27 Aye 99 No
14 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 1 No
Education 67% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
93 Aye 43 No
Tax 74% aligned 136 shared votes
97 Aye 39 No
20 Aye 20 No
Benefits 75% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 24 No
Defence 76% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 13 No
Energy 82% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

65.8%
7% below average
Rank 504 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

45
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
62
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 469 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

£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
3
2 registered categories
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

Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API