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Ben Lake vs Bob Blackman

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 Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Bob Blackman voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 1,444 shared comparable votes.

168 same votes 1,276 different votes 1,444 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
8 Aye 7 No
Education 33% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
117 Aye 59 No
Tax 28% aligned 176 shared votes
56 Aye 120 No
19 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 23% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
31 Aye 25 No
Defence 20% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
81 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 18% aligned 158 shared votes
80 Aye 78 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 110 No
Migration 0% aligned 148 shared votes
110 Aye 38 No
5 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 1 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
106 Aye 76 No
Brexit / EU 1% aligned 182 shared votes
74 Aye 108 No
39 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 2% aligned 63 shared votes
23 Aye 40 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
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
1,605
2,118 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,081
2,373 eligible divisions
895
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
978
47.0% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,103
53.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

66
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 649
Appearances
149
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 649
68
-72.6 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
Contributions
175
+34.4 vs Commons average
Rank 158 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
211 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 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
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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