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Ben Lake vs Jo Stevens

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 Jo Stevens
Jo Stevens
Lab Cardiff East

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Jo Stevens voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 1,250 shared comparable votes.

1,100 same votes 150 different votes 1,250 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
98 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 165 shared votes
98 Aye 67 No
32 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 17 No
Defence 75% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
109 Aye 46 No
Tax 75% aligned 155 shared votes
99 Aye 56 No
27 Aye 19 No
Benefits 78% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 4 No
Education 79% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
67 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 84% aligned 134 shared votes
63 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
74.0 %
1 % above average
Rank 341 of 650
1,579
2,082 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,730
2,337 eligible divisions
877
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
948
54.8 % of votes cast
702
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
782
45.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % 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
30
-37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 650
65
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 650
Contributions
153
+33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 145 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
£1,912,752
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£253,083
12 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
72 of 88 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Education
76 of 95 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 4 22 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
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
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
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
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
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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