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Sarah Edwards vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Ben Lake voted the same way 53% of the time, based on 331 shared comparable votes.

176 same votes 155 different votes 331 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
7 Aye 25 No
Migration 94% aligned 32 shared votes
5 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 85% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 77% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 6 No
Energy 71% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 12 No
Defence 27% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 2 No
Education 33% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
45 Aye 28 No
Tax 34% aligned 73 shared votes
47 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 37% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 11 No
Benefits 38% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

63.1%
10% below average
Rank 539 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
479
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
267
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
212
44.3% 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, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

38
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
46
-99.9 vs Commons average
Rank 520 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

£322,568
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Democracy / Parliament
16 of 16 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 45 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Tax
97 of 139 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