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Ben Lake vs Chris Philp

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 Chris Philp
Chris Philp
Con Croydon South

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Chris Philp voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 1,338 shared comparable votes.

134 same votes 1,204 different votes 1,338 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 5 No
Education 33% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
106 Aye 55 No
Tax 22% aligned 161 shared votes
51 Aye 110 No
77 Aye 81 No
Crime / Justice 16% aligned 158 shared votes
81 Aye 77 No
21 Aye 15 No
Defence 14% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 21 No
Benefits 12% aligned 49 shared votes
17 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 12 No
Energy 0% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 1 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
37 Aye 108 No
Migration 2% aligned 145 shared votes
105 Aye 40 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 301 of 648
Participation
83.7 %
10 % above average
Rank 134 of 648
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,934
2,312 eligible divisions
867
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
928
48.0 % of votes cast
695
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,006
52.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 648
Appearances
41
-19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 648
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 648
Contributions
70
-38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
0
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
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
159 of 169 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
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