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Ben Lake vs Jon Trickett

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 Jon Trickett
Jon Trickett
Lab Normanton and Hemsworth

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Jon Trickett voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,095 shared comparable votes.

940 same votes 155 different votes 1,095 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 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 157 shared votes
93 Aye 64 No
15 Aye 8 No
Energy 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 5 No
Education 63% aligned 16 shared votes
15 Aye 1 No
96 Aye 33 No
Tax 71% aligned 129 shared votes
86 Aye 43 No
31 Aye 22 No
Defence 72% aligned 53 shared votes
22 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 2 No
Housing 77% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
54 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 78% aligned 113 shared votes
61 Aye 52 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 296 of 650
Participation
65.4 %
7 % below average
Rank 511 of 650
1,581
2,085 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,530
2,340 eligible divisions
877
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
56.7 % of votes cast
704
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
663
43.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
16
1.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
30 years, 4 months
Since 1 Feb 1996

Debates

61
-6.8 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650
Appearances
29
-38.8 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 650
64
-56.4 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
Contributions
31
-89.4 vs Commons average
Rank 555 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
£2,892,928
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£272,604
21 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Defence
63 of 70 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Work / Employment
59 of 75 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Benefits
59 of 81 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 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
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
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
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
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
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
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