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Ben Lake vs James Wild

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 James Wild
James Wild
Con North West Norfolk

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and James Wild voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 1,044 shared comparable votes.

138 same votes 906 different votes 1,044 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
6 Aye 6 No
Education 50% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
93 Aye 39 No
Tax 30% aligned 132 shared votes
45 Aye 87 No
12 Aye 19 No
Transport 19% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
66 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 19% aligned 138 shared votes
74 Aye 64 No
29 Aye 23 No
Defence 17% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 33 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 59 shared votes
33 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 1 No
Housing 0% aligned 12 shared votes
1 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 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 291 of 649
Participation
86.0%
13% above average
Rank 79 of 649
1,605
2,117 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,422
1,654 eligible divisions
895
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
706
49.6% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
716
50.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.8% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

66
-14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 649
Appearances
131
+50.4 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 649
68
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
Contributions
241
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 93 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
£985,585
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£228,734
1% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Trade
51 of 53 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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
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