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Ben Lake vs Jeremy Corbyn

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 Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn
YP Islington North

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Jeremy Corbyn voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,109 shared comparable votes.

1,084 same votes 25 different votes 1,109 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
86 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 151 shared votes
86 Aye 65 No
29 Aye 106 No
Migration 100% aligned 135 shared votes
29 Aye 106 No
19 Aye 28 No
Trade 100% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 16 No
Transport 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 4 No
Education 86% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
22 Aye 19 No
Defence 90% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
88 Aye 38 No
Tax 96% aligned 126 shared votes
83 Aye 43 No
26 Aye 16 No
Benefits 98% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 98% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

75.0%
3% above average
Rank 306 of 650
Participation
62.0%
10% below average
Rank 554 of 650
1,612
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,492
2,405 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
826
55.4% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
666
44.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

76
-12.8 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 650
Appearances
137
+48.2 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 650
77
-77.6 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 650
Contributions
194
+39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 160 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
£2,714,849
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£284,788
26% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
29
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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

Migration
157 of 163 votes
#1
Migration
144 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Housing
51 of 67 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 82 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 24 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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