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Ben Lake vs Jesse Norman

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 Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Jesse Norman voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 1,134 shared comparable votes.

113 same votes 1,021 different votes 1,134 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
8 Aye 7 No
Education 40% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 22% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
115 Aye 49 No
Tax 21% aligned 164 shared votes
54 Aye 110 No
74 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 18% aligned 141 shared votes
69 Aye 72 No
24 Aye 21 No
Benefits 11% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 23 No
Migration 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
2 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 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
72.2 %
1 % below average
Rank 382 of 648
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,670
2,312 eligible divisions
867
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
767
45.9 % of votes cast
695
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
903
54.1 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 648
Appearances
34
-26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 648
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 648
Contributions
69
-39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 339 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
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Trade
84 of 88 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 65 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Energy
56 of 67 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 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
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 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
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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