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Ben Lake vs Gill Furniss

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 Gill Furniss
Gill Furniss
Lab Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Gill Furniss voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,165 shared comparable votes.

999 same votes 166 different votes 1,165 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 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 160 shared votes
92 Aye 68 No
10 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
34 Aye 72 No
Migration 99% aligned 106 shared votes
33 Aye 73 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Benefits 69% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
7 Aye 3 No
Education 70% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
93 Aye 45 No
Tax 72% aligned 138 shared votes
95 Aye 43 No
32 Aye 23 No
Defence 73% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
14 Aye 7 No
Housing 76% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 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
71.3%
1% below average
Rank 400 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,658
2,325 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
55.0% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
746
45.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
10 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2016

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
41
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
37
-105.3 vs Commons average
Rank 557 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
£2,125,000
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£322,640
43% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
65 of 69 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
51 of 62 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API