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Ben Lake vs Lee Anderson

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
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Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Lee Anderson voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 960 shared comparable votes.

139 same votes 821 different votes 960 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
5 Aye 3 No
Education 38% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
75 Aye 44 No
Tax 34% aligned 119 shared votes
35 Aye 84 No
7 Aye 7 No
Housing 29% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 21% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 18 No
Benefits 20% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 92 No
Migration 0% aligned 130 shared votes
92 Aye 38 No
26 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

76.0%
4% above average
Rank 284 of 649
Participation
75.2%
4% above average
Rank 301 of 649
1,605
2,113 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,240
1,650 eligible divisions
895
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
50.2% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
618
49.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

66
-14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 649
Appearances
56
-24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 649
68
-71.4 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
Contributions
80
-59.4 vs Commons average
Rank 394 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
£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£264,074
17% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
10
5 registered categories
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
Trade
53 of 53 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
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
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 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 22 22 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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