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Ben Lake vs Gareth Thomas

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 Gareth Thomas
Gareth Thomas
Lab Harrow West

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 1,149 shared comparable votes.

1,015 same votes 134 different votes 1,149 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
97 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
97 Aye 64 No
29 Aye 28 No
Trade 100% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 4 No
Education 73% aligned 15 shared votes
13 Aye 2 No
27 Aye 23 No
Defence 74% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
106 Aye 44 No
Tax 76% aligned 150 shared votes
104 Aye 46 No
25 Aye 18 No
Benefits 77% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
60 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 85% aligned 117 shared votes
56 Aye 61 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 650
Participation
66.2 %
7 % below average
Rank 503 of 650
1,579
2,082 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,548
2,337 eligible divisions
877
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
882
57.0 % of votes cast
702
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
666
43.0 % 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
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

61
-6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Appearances
43
-24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650
64
-55.1 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 650
Contributions
108
-11.1 vs Commons average
Rank 234 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 211 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 68 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 88 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 91 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
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
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
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
No
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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