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Ben Lake vs Lucy Powell

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 Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Lucy Powell voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,108 shared comparable votes.

963 same votes 145 different votes 1,108 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
89 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 151 shared votes
89 Aye 62 No
23 Aye 30 No
Trade 100% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
8 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 5 No
Education 69% aligned 13 shared votes
12 Aye 1 No
98 Aye 38 No
Tax 72% aligned 136 shared votes
94 Aye 42 No
8 Aye 7 No
Housing 73% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 17 No
Defence 76% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 79% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 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 650
Participation
65.8 %
7 % below average
Rank 507 of 650
1,579
2,082 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,538
2,337 eligible divisions
877
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
863
56.1 % of votes cast
702
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
675
43.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
13 years, 7 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

62
-5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
7
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 622 of 650
65
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 650
Contributions
300
+180.1 vs Commons average
Rank 45 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
£2,425,912
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£249,415
10 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
12
5 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
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Education
81 of 95 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
48 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
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
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 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
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
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
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
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