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Ben Lake vs Mark Pritchard

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 Mark Pritchard
Mark Pritchard
Con The Wrekin

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Mark Pritchard voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 1,084 shared comparable votes.

115 same votes 969 different votes 1,084 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
7 Aye 6 No
Education 38% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
101 Aye 53 No
Tax 27% aligned 154 shared votes
47 Aye 107 No
22 Aye 19 No
Defence 20% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 21 No
Transport 14% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
51 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 95 shared votes
45 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
27 Aye 30 No
Trade 2% aligned 57 shared votes
31 Aye 26 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
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 523 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,538
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
47.6% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
806
52.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
182
+100.3 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
221
+78.7 vs Commons average
Rank 106 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
£2,150,580
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£174,182
23% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
198 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
136 of 171 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 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
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 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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Voting source Commons Votes API