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Ben Lake vs Claire Coutinho

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 Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 964 shared comparable votes.

108 same votes 856 different votes 964 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
4 Aye 3 No
Education 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
68 Aye 38 No
Tax 27% aligned 106 shared votes
31 Aye 75 No
9 Aye 18 No
Transport 19% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
66 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 17% aligned 132 shared votes
69 Aye 63 No
28 Aye 21 No
Defence 14% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 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
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 425 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
108
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 308 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
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
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
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