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Ben Lake vs Matt Vickers

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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Matt Vickers
Con Stockton West

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Matt Vickers voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 993 shared comparable votes.

137 same votes 856 different votes 993 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 5 No
Education 40% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
85 Aye 40 No
Tax 38% aligned 125 shared votes
42 Aye 83 No
60 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 20% aligned 128 shared votes
67 Aye 61 No
13 Aye 19 No
Transport 19% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 23 No
Benefits 17% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 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
78.6%
7% above average
Rank 226 of 649
1,605
2,113 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,297
1,650 eligible divisions
895
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
621
47.9% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
676
52.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% 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
93
+13.0 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 649
68
-71.4 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
Contributions
118
-21.4 vs Commons average
Rank 268 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
£1,218,799
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£295,321
31% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Trade
48 of 53 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
56 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
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
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
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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