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Ben Lake vs Emily Thornberry

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 Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 89% of the time, based on 1,067 shared comparable votes.

949 same votes 118 different votes 1,067 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
90 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 146 shared votes
90 Aye 56 No
22 Aye 26 No
Trade 100% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
97 Aye 40 No
Tax 74% aligned 137 shared votes
88 Aye 49 No
9 Aye 4 No
Education 77% aligned 13 shared votes
12 Aye 1 No
20 Aye 21 No
Defence 80% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
54 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 84% aligned 114 shared votes
52 Aye 62 No
24 Aye 16 No
Benefits 85% aligned 40 shared votes
28 Aye 12 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 297 of 647
Participation
62.3 %
11 % below average
Rank 553 of 647
1,575
2,078 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,454
2,333 eligible divisions
874
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
809
55.6 % of votes cast
701
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
645
44.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

60
-6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650
Appearances
72
+5.8 vs Commons average
Rank 206 of 650
63
-54.8 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
110
-7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 219 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
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 169 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
45 of 64 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
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