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Mr Douglas Alexander vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Mr Douglas Alexander and Ben Lake voted the same way 41% of the time, based on 180 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 107 different votes 180 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
5 Aye 0 No
Energy 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
15 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 75% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 67% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
30 Aye 18 No
Tax 29% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 33% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 1 No
Education 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
277
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
121
43.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
156
56.3% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

51
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
224
+78.1 vs Commons average
Rank 113 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

£792,708
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£91,911
59% below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
4
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

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Defence
20 of 34 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Tax
63 of 112 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