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Ben Lake vs Dame Angela Eagle

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 Dame Angela Eagle
Dame Angela Eagle
Lab Wallasey

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Dame Angela Eagle voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,233 shared comparable votes.

1,075 same votes 158 different votes 1,233 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
93 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 158 shared votes
93 Aye 65 No
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
35 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 58 shared votes
36 Aye 22 No
36 Aye 104 No
Migration 98% aligned 140 shared votes
37 Aye 103 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 21 No
Defence 71% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
96 Aye 49 No
Tax 73% aligned 145 shared votes
105 Aye 40 No
10 Aye 5 No
Education 73% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
13 Aye 6 No
Housing 79% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 80% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 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 297 of 650
Participation
73.3 %
1 % above average
Rank 355 of 650
1,579
2,082 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,337 eligible divisions
877
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
940
54.9 % of votes cast
702
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
773
45.1 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

62
-5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
64
-3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 265 of 650
65
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 650
Contributions
178
+58.1 vs Commons average
Rank 106 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
£2,625,530
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£259,506
15 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
63 of 69 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Migration
150 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 68 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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