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Ben Lake vs John Healey

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 John Healey
John Healey
Lab Rawmarsh and Conisbrough

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and John Healey voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 1,022 shared comparable votes.

948 same votes 74 different votes 1,022 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
93 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 159 shared votes
93 Aye 66 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 16 No
Defence 76% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 2 No
Housing 80% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
27 Aye 16 No
Benefits 81% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
82 Aye 36 No
Tax 85% aligned 118 shared votes
84 Aye 34 No
19 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 93% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 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 647
Participation
60.1 %
13 % below average
Rank 578 of 647
1,575
2,078 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,403
2,333 eligible divisions
874
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
798
56.9 % of votes cast
701
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
605
43.1 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

57
-9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 647
Appearances
51
-15.8 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 647
60
-58.7 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 647
Contributions
506
+387.3 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,242,299
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£320,971
42 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 88 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Migration
123 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
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