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Ben Lake vs Dr Rupa Huq

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 Dr Rupa Huq
Dr Rupa Huq
Lab Ealing Central and Acton

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Dr Rupa Huq voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,241 shared comparable votes.

1,069 same votes 172 different votes 1,241 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
95 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 165 shared votes
95 Aye 70 No
10 Aye 7 No
Energy 100% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
34 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 54 shared votes
35 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 6 No
Education 64% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
105 Aye 53 No
Tax 70% aligned 158 shared votes
99 Aye 59 No
30 Aye 23 No
Benefits 70% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
33 Aye 24 No
Defence 75% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
66 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 80% aligned 137 shared votes
60 Aye 77 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 296 of 650
Participation
73.8 %
1 % above average
Rank 341 of 650
1,581
2,085 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,726
2,340 eligible divisions
877
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
948
54.9 % of votes cast
704
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
778
45.1 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

61
-6.8 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650
Appearances
63
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
64
-56.4 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
Contributions
48
-72.4 vs Commons average
Rank 483 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
£1,593,926
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£234,745
4 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
Defence
63 of 70 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
64 of 75 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 88 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
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
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
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