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Ben Lake vs Dame Caroline Dinenage

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 Caroline Dinenage
Dame Caroline Dinenage
Con Gosport

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Dame Caroline Dinenage voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 1,265 shared comparable votes.

133 same votes 1,132 different votes 1,265 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
8 Aye 7 No
Education 40% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
118 Aye 52 No
Tax 25% aligned 170 shared votes
58 Aye 112 No
59 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 20% aligned 124 shared votes
72 Aye 52 No
6 Aye 7 No
Housing 15% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 25 No
Benefits 15% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 72 shared votes
35 Aye 37 No
13 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 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
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
48.9% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
941
51.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
73
-8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
86
-56.3 vs Commons average
Rank 377 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
£2,521,725
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£285,728
26% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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
202 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
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
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
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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