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Ben Lake vs Graham Stuart

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 Graham Stuart
Graham Stuart
Con Beverley and Holderness

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Graham Stuart voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 1,230 shared comparable votes.

122 same votes 1,108 different votes 1,230 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
7 Aye 6 No
Education 46% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
115 Aye 51 No
Tax 25% aligned 166 shared votes
51 Aye 115 No
25 Aye 19 No
Benefits 18% aligned 44 shared votes
13 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 20 No
Defence 16% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
69 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 130 shared votes
63 Aye 67 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
34 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 1 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
Participation
76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 279 of 648
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,777
2,312 eligible divisions
867
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
832
46.8 % of votes cast
695
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
945
53.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 648
Appearances
115
+54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 648
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 648
Contributions
288
+179.1 vs Commons average
Rank 41 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,872,623
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£299,689
32 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
11
6 registered categories
0
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
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Trade
76 of 88 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Energy
57 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
48 of 59 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Migration
137 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
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