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Ben Lake vs Liz Kendall

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 Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Liz Kendall voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 1,110 shared comparable votes.

1,006 same votes 104 different votes 1,110 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
96 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
96 Aye 65 No
38 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 60 shared votes
38 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 28 No
Trade 100% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 3 No
Education 69% aligned 13 shared votes
12 Aye 1 No
30 Aye 23 No
Benefits 72% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 75% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
102 Aye 35 No
Tax 82% aligned 137 shared votes
92 Aye 45 No
56 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 90% aligned 109 shared votes
47 Aye 62 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 297 of 647
Participation
64.9 %
8 % below average
Rank 521 of 647
1,575
2,078 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,513
2,333 eligible divisions
874
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
866
57.2 % of votes cast
701
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
647
42.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

60
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Appearances
44
-22.4 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650
63
-55.0 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
576
+458.0 vs Commons average
Rank 10 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
£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£249,722
10 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
35 of 45 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
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