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Ben Lake vs Hilary Benn

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 Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Hilary Benn voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,304 shared comparable votes.

1,134 same votes 170 different votes 1,304 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
93 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 162 shared votes
93 Aye 69 No
10 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
38 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 62 shared votes
39 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 6 No
Education 63% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
97 Aye 55 No
Tax 69% aligned 152 shared votes
100 Aye 52 No
35 Aye 23 No
Benefits 72% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
32 Aye 24 No
Defence 73% aligned 56 shared votes
23 Aye 33 No
72 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 80% aligned 147 shared votes
76 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 297 of 650
Participation
77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 266 of 650
1,579
2,082 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,337 eligible divisions
877
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,023
56.7 % of votes cast
702
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
782
43.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
27 years, 0 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

62
-5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
44
-23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 425 of 650
65
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 650
Contributions
388
+268.1 vs Commons average
Rank 27 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
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
155 of 161 votes
#2
Education
88 of 95 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Migration
151 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 68 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 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
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
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
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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