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Ben Lake vs Kirsty Blackman

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 Kirsty Blackman
Kirsty Blackman
SNP Aberdeen North

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,094 shared comparable votes.

1,089 same votes 5 different votes 1,094 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
102 Aye 75 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 177 shared votes
102 Aye 75 No
40 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
40 Aye 82 No
40 Aye 35 No
Trade 100% aligned 75 shared votes
40 Aye 35 No
30 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 73 shared votes
30 Aye 43 No
34 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 2 No
Education 86% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
21 Aye 8 No
Energy 90% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
106 Aye 42 No
Tax 98% aligned 148 shared votes
103 Aye 45 No
26 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 98% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
102 Aye 75 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 177 shared votes
102 Aye 75 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
56.1 %
17 % below average
Rank 601 of 649
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,324
2,361 eligible divisions
892
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
755
57.0 % of votes cast
708
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
569
43.0 % 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
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

67
-11.0 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 649
Appearances
92
+14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
69
-69.4 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
Contributions
204
+65.6 vs Commons average
Rank 120 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
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 47 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 14: Energy (oil and gas) profits levy (period for which levy has effect) 6 Nov 2024
Energy Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 13: Energy (oil and gas) profits levy (relief for investment expenditure) 6 Nov 2024
Energy Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 12: Energy (oil and gas) profits levy (increase in rate) 6 Nov 2024
Energy Tax
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
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