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Ben Lake vs Damian Hinds

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 Damian Hinds
Damian Hinds
Con East Hampshire

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Damian Hinds voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 1,400 shared comparable votes.

164 same votes 1,236 different votes 1,400 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
111 Aye 61 No
Tax 29% aligned 172 shared votes
57 Aye 115 No
7 Aye 4 No
Education 27% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 21% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
26 Aye 23 No
Defence 18% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
79 Aye 81 No
Crime / Justice 18% aligned 160 shared votes
84 Aye 76 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 76 shared votes
36 Aye 40 No
35 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
22 Aye 35 No
15 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 1 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 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
86.3%
14% above average
Rank 69 of 649
1,605
2,118 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,048
2,373 eligible divisions
895
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
985
48.1% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,063
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

66
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 649
Appearances
75
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 649
68
-72.6 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
Contributions
112
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 291 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
£2,055,176
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£219,626
3% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
208 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
161 of 171 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
56 of 60 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
84 of 91 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
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
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
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API