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Ben Lake vs Carla Denyer

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 Carla Denyer
Carla Denyer
Green Bristol Central

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Carla Denyer voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 270 shared comparable votes.

234 same votes 36 different votes 270 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 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 7 No
Migration 100% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 15 No
Tax 63% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
4 Aye 2 No
Housing 67% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 4 No
Transport 79% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 3 No
Education 80% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 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
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 321 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
440
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
55.2% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
197
44.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
33
-48.7 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
47
-95.3 vs Commons average
Rank 515 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
£229,692
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£229,692
2% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
2
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
30 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 86 stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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