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Ben Lake vs Caroline Nokes

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 Caroline Nokes
Caroline Nokes
Con Romsey and Southampton North

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Caroline Nokes voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 962 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 904 different votes 962 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
20 Aye 29 No
Migration 24% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
6 Aye 1 No
Education 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 9% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
103 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 168 shared votes
68 Aye 100 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 14 No
Benefits 0% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 15 No
Transport 0% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 11 No
Energy 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
Participation
59.9 %
13 % below average
Rank 575 of 649
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,415
2,361 eligible divisions
892
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
653
46.1 % of votes cast
708
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
762
53.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
37
2.6 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

66
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
Appearances
362
+284.1 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 650
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650
Contributions
0
-138.3 vs Commons average
Rank 650 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
£2,363,481
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£236,335
5 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
197 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Trade
76 of 91 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
NHS / Health
36 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (h) 22 Jul 2024
Aye
Aye
Criminal Justice Bill Report Stage: New Clause 59 15 May 2024
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Criminal Justice Bill Report Stage: New Clause 44 15 May 2024
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 8 May 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 May 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 8 May 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 8 May 2024
Tax
No
No
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 104 30 Apr 2024
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
No
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 31 30 Apr 2024
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
No
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 30 Apr 2024
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Risk-based exclusion: amendment (o) 13 May 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Victims and Prisoners Bill Report Stage: New Clause 27 4 Dec 2023
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
No
Illegal Migration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102B 17 Jul 2023
Migration
No
No
Illegal Migration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 56B 17 Jul 2023
Migration
No
No
Illegal Migration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36C and 36D 17 Jul 2023
Migration
No
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