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Shaun Davies vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Shaun Davies
Shaun Davies
Lab Telford
vs
Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Shaun Davies and Ben Lake voted the same way 38% of the time, based on 217 shared comparable votes.

82 same votes 135 different votes 217 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
13 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 2 No
Energy 83% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 50% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
21 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 23% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 24 No
Tax 25% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 10 No
Defence 36% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

65.2 %
8 % below average
Rank 516 of 647
Participation
75.8 %
3 % above average
Rank 300 of 647
350
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,568
2,068 eligible divisions
191
54.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
869
55.4 % of votes cast
159
45.4 % of votes cast
No votes
699
44.6 % of votes cast
3
0.9 % 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

41
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 425 of 647
Appearances
50
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 647
53
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 445 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

£210,313
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£210,313
7 % below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
17
4 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

Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Defence
19 of 22 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
9 of 11 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
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
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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