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Ben Lake vs Kim Johnson

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 Kim Johnson
Kim Johnson
Lab Liverpool Riverside

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Kim Johnson voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 889 shared comparable votes.

734 same votes 155 different votes 889 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
22 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 17 No
Trade 100% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 6 No
Education 57% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
73 Aye 43 No
Tax 59% aligned 116 shared votes
75 Aye 41 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 74% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
59 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 77% aligned 115 shared votes
52 Aye 63 No
23 Aye 18 No
Defence 78% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 650
Participation
70.8 %
2 % below average
Rank 417 of 650
1,585
2,089 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,151
1,626 eligible divisions
881
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
586
50.9 % of votes cast
704
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
565
49.1 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
13
1.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

60
-9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650
Appearances
86
+16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 650
63
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 650
Contributions
97
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 284 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
£1,233,187
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£286,858
27 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Devolution / Local Government
48 of 55 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Transport
52 of 61 votes
Trade
79 of 85 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 37 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Education
55 of 68 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
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API