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Ben Lake vs Keir Mather

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 Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Keir Mather voted the same way 56% of the time, based on 361 shared comparable votes.

203 same votes 158 different votes 361 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 3 No
Trade 100% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 26 No
Migration 91% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 14 No
Tax 34% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
4 Aye 4 No
Education 38% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 38% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 11 No
Benefits 41% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 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
75.4 %
3 % above average
Rank 304 of 649
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
589
781 eligible divisions
892
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
290
49.2 % of votes cast
708
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
299
50.8 % 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
3 years, 0 months
Since 20 Jul 2023

Debates

66
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Appearances
103
+25.4 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
68
-69.8 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 649
Contributions
507
+369.2 vs Commons average
Rank 19 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
£451,152
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£306,391
35 % 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
Education
50 of 52 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Transport
31 of 33 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
NHS / Health
12 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
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
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
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
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
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