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Ben Lake vs Fabian Hamilton

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 Fabian Hamilton
Fabian Hamilton
Lab Leeds North East

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Fabian Hamilton voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 1,081 shared comparable votes.

968 same votes 113 different votes 1,081 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
89 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 156 shared votes
89 Aye 67 No
29 Aye 88 No
Migration 100% aligned 117 shared votes
29 Aye 88 No
31 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 0 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
31 Aye 23 No
Trade 96% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 3 No
Housing 69% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 4 No
Education 71% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
91 Aye 51 No
Tax 73% aligned 142 shared votes
99 Aye 43 No
28 Aye 16 No
Benefits 77% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 83% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 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
63.0 %
10 % below average
Rank 546 of 647
1,575
2,078 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,470
2,333 eligible divisions
874
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
826
56.2 % of votes cast
701
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
644
43.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

60
-6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650
Appearances
5
-61.2 vs Commons average
Rank 628 of 650
63
-54.8 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
5
-112.8 vs Commons average
Rank 628 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
£2,699,927
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£278,935
23 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
177 of 211 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
49 of 66 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Migration
125 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment 9 Dec 2025
Transport
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA62 but not to insist on Commons Amendment 62C and to propose Gov (a) in lieu of LA62 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion not to insist on Commons Amendment 72C but to disagree with LA72D to LA72H and to propose Gov (a) and (b) in lieu of LA72D to LA72H 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
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