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Ben Lake vs Ben Maguire

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 Ben Maguire
Ben Maguire
LD North Cornwall

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Ben Maguire voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 230 shared comparable votes.

193 same votes 37 different votes 230 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 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
2 Aye 5 No
Education 71% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Transport 75% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
14 Aye 9 No
Defence 78% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 6 No
Benefits 86% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 650
Participation
61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 561 of 650
1,585
2,089 eligible divisions
Total votes
345
558 eligible divisions
881
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
185
53.6 % of votes cast
704
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
160
46.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
Appearances
80
+10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
63
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 650
Contributions
93
-30.8 vs Commons average
Rank 298 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
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Trade
79 of 85 votes
#3
Defence
27 of 33 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
4 of 5 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA62 but not to insist on Commons Amendment 62C and to propose Gov (a) in lieu of LA62 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion not to insist on Commons Amendment 72C but to disagree with LA72D to LA72H and to propose Gov (a) and (b) in lieu of LA72D to LA72H 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of LA62 5 Nov 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 72B 5 Nov 2025
Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
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