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Ben Lake vs Gerald Jones

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Gerald Jones voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,228 shared comparable votes.

1,057 same votes 171 different votes 1,228 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
92 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 154 shared votes
92 Aye 62 No
23 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 6 No
Education 67% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
30 Aye 22 No
Benefits 69% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
102 Aye 49 No
Tax 73% aligned 151 shared votes
99 Aye 52 No
24 Aye 20 No
Defence 77% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
67 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 78% aligned 141 shared votes
70 Aye 71 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 292 of 649
Participation
81.0%
8% above average
Rank 180 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,925
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,075
55.8% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
850
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
31
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 548 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
39
-103.3 vs Commons average
Rank 544 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
£2,070,048
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£278,380
23% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Transport
86 of 95 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API