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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 1,128 shared comparable votes.

980 same votes 148 different votes 1,128 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
26 Aye 30 No
Trade 100% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 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
25 Aye 18 No
Defence 77% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 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 292 of 649
Participation
65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
879
56.1% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
687
43.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
13 years, 9 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
7
-74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
63
-79.3 vs Commons average
Rank 462 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
£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£250,940
11% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
14
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
67 of 77 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Trade
81 of 87 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
51 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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