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Mr Bayo Alaba vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Mr Bayo Alaba
Mr Bayo Alaba
Lab Southend East and Rochford
vs
Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Mr Bayo Alaba and Ben Lake voted the same way 41% of the time, based on 229 shared comparable votes.

93 same votes 136 different votes 229 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
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 83% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 5 No
Transport 44% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
34 Aye 23 No
Tax 28% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 29% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 36% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 6 No
Defence 36% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

69.3 %
4 % below average
Rank 452 of 647
Participation
75.8 %
3 % above average
Rank 300 of 647
372
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,568
2,068 eligible divisions
191
51.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
869
55.4 % of votes cast
181
48.7 % of votes cast
No votes
699
44.6 % of votes cast
9
2.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

31
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 502 of 647
Appearances
50
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 647
40
-73.8 vs Commons average
Rank 512 of 647
Contributions
53
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£178,644
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£178,644
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Defence
17 of 22 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Transport
19 of 25 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
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