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Ben Lake vs Katie Lam

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 Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Katie Lam voted the same way 53% of the time, based on 222 shared comparable votes.

117 same votes 105 different votes 222 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
34 Aye 22 No
Tax 77% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
2 Aye 1 No
Housing 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 64% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 61% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 3 No
Transport 50% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 2 No
Education 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 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
68.0%
5% below average
Rank 465 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
401
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
48.4% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
207
51.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
Appearances
107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649
Contributions
128
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 250 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
£223,662
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£223,662
1% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Tax
102 of 112 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
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