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Ben Lake vs David Simmonds

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 David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and David Simmonds voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 979 shared comparable votes.

144 same votes 835 different votes 979 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
5 Aye 5 No
Education 50% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
85 Aye 46 No
Tax 36% aligned 131 shared votes
45 Aye 86 No
15 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
28 Aye 23 No
Defence 22% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 17 No
Transport 19% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 1 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 0 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

76.0%
3% above average
Rank 291 of 649
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 129 of 649
1,604
2,111 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,374
1,648 eligible divisions
894
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
662
48.2% of votes cast
710
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
712
51.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

66
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 649
Appearances
104
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 649
68
-69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 649
Contributions
259
+121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 69 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 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
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
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
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 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
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