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Ben Lake vs Helen Hayes

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 Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes
Lab Dulwich and West Norwood

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Helen Hayes voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,324 shared comparable votes.

1,154 same votes 170 different votes 1,324 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 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 165 shared votes
97 Aye 68 No
26 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 58 shared votes
26 Aye 32 No
3 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
37 Aye 101 No
Migration 99% aligned 138 shared votes
36 Aye 102 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 5 No
Education 64% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
117 Aye 55 No
Tax 70% aligned 172 shared votes
117 Aye 55 No
28 Aye 24 No
Defence 73% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 7 No
Housing 75% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
28 Aye 22 No
Benefits 78% aligned 50 shared votes
33 Aye 17 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
79.5 %
7 % above average
Rank 215 of 650
1,579
2,082 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,857
2,337 eligible divisions
877
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
55.2 % of votes cast
702
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
832
44.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
18
1.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

62
-5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
88
+20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 650
65
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 650
Contributions
118
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 206 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
£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£295,156
31 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
155 of 161 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 66 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
61 of 68 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 169 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
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
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
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
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
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
Aye
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
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