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Ben Lake vs Daniel Zeichner

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 Daniel Zeichner
Daniel Zeichner
Lab Cambridge

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Daniel Zeichner voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,338 shared comparable votes.

1,169 same votes 169 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
98 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 167 shared votes
98 Aye 69 No
35 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 66 shared votes
35 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 5 No
Education 69% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 71% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
30 Aye 23 No
Benefits 72% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 No
113 Aye 55 No
Tax 73% aligned 168 shared votes
109 Aye 59 No
74 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 79% aligned 151 shared votes
77 Aye 74 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
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 200 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,897
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,058
55.8% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
839
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
46
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
55
-87.3 vs Commons average
Rank 486 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
£2,007,954
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£266,524
18% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Education
84 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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