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Ben Lake vs John Lamont

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 Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and John Lamont voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 1,401 shared comparable votes.

152 same votes 1,249 different votes 1,401 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 6 No
Education 36% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
119 Aye 60 No
Tax 27% aligned 179 shared votes
57 Aye 122 No
81 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 18% aligned 160 shared votes
82 Aye 78 No
28 Aye 21 No
Defence 16% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 15% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 1 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
33 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 2% aligned 53 shared votes
19 Aye 34 No
36 Aye 110 No
Migration 2% aligned 146 shared votes
107 Aye 39 No
43 Aye 34 No
Trade 3% aligned 77 shared votes
36 Aye 41 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 292 of 649
Participation
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 94 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
871
48.3% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
932
51.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
152
+70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
240
+97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 94 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
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
83 of 87 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 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
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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