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Ben Lake vs Ayoub Khan

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 Ayoub Khan
Ayoub Khan
Ind Birmingham Perry Barr

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Ayoub Khan voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 142 shared comparable votes.

125 same votes 17 different votes 142 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 0 No
Energy 100% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 100% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 11 No
Benefits 95% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 5 No
Tax 76% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 2 No
Defence 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 83% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 85% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 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 297 of 650
Participation
37.6 %
35 % below average
Rank 636 of 650
1,579
2,082 eligible divisions
Total votes
207
551 eligible divisions
877
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
127
61.4 % of votes cast
702
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
80
38.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
136
+68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 650
65
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 650
Contributions
176
+56.1 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£133,355
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£133,355
41 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
11
7 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Benefits
21 of 30 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Energy
11 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
7 of 11 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
32 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: Amendment 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 27 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Remaining Stages: Amendment 9 15 Oct 2025
Transport
No
No
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to insist on 2A and disagree with LA2B and LA2C 2 Jul 2025
Defence
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 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
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No
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