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Ben Lake vs Andrew Griffith

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

Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli
vs
Photograph of Andrew Griffith
Andrew Griffith
Con Arundel and South Downs

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Andrew Griffith voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 1,011 shared comparable votes.

121 same votes 890 different votes 1,011 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
6 Aye 6 No
Education 50% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
88 Aye 42 No
Tax 33% aligned 130 shared votes
37 Aye 93 No
11 Aye 18 No
Transport 21% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
27 Aye 22 No
Defence 18% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 19 No
Benefits 15% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 33 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 59 shared votes
33 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
Participation
79.0%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,605
2,118 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,308
1,655 eligible divisions
895
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
654
50.0% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
654
50.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

66
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 649
Appearances
60
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 649
68
-72.6 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
Contributions
91
-49.6 vs Commons average
Rank 357 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,237,293
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£285,103
26% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
15
7 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
146 of 154 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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