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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 89% of the time, based on 1,110 shared comparable votes.

991 same votes 119 different votes 1,110 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
29 Aye 95 No
Migration 98% aligned 124 shared votes
27 Aye 97 No
11 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 96% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 1 No
Education 67% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 20 No
Benefits 75% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
93 Aye 40 No
Tax 75% aligned 133 shared votes
94 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 15 No
Defence 83% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 87% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

65.0 %
8 % below average
Rank 521 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,502
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
846
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
656
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
21 years, 10 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

36
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
60
-47.9 vs Commons average
Rank 399 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

£3,073,714
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
4
3 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

Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 75 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
131 of 169 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API