The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Tuesday 1 September 2026.

Compare

Ben Lake vs Gill German

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 German
Gill German
Lab Clwyd North

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Gill German voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 264 shared comparable votes.

106 same votes 158 different votes 264 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
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 84% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 5 No
Migration 67% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 2 No
Energy 50% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 4 No
Education 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
39 Aye 22 No
Tax 26% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 32% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 7 No
Benefits 33% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 5 No
Transport 33% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
Participation
72.9 %
same as average
Rank 362 of 649
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
419
575 eligible divisions
892
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
199
47.5 % of votes cast
708
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
220
52.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Appearances
19
-58.6 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 649
68
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 649
Contributions
24
-113.9 vs Commons average
Rank 584 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
£150,075
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£150,075
34 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Tax
87 of 111 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API