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Ben Lake vs Jodie Gosling

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 Jodie Gosling
Jodie Gosling
Lab Nuneaton

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Jodie Gosling voted the same way 35% of the time, based on 259 shared comparable votes.

90 same votes 169 different votes 259 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
7 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 82% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 80% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
42 Aye 28 No
Tax 23% aligned 70 shared votes
38 Aye 32 No
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 27% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 6 No
Education 33% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
Participation
71.5 %
1 % below average
Rank 396 of 649
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
411
575 eligible divisions
892
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
198
48.2 % of votes cast
708
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
213
51.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-12.0 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 649
Appearances
24
-54.0 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 649
68
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
Contributions
34
-104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 553 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
£192,921
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£192,921
15 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Education
45 of 50 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Tax
95 of 111 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Energy
16 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
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
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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
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