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Ben Lake vs Michelle Welsh

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

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Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli
vs
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Michelle Welsh
Lab Sherwood Forest

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Michelle Welsh voted the same way 39% of the time, based on 294 shared comparable votes.

114 same votes 180 different votes 294 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
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 82% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 80% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 8 No
Migration 60% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 3 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
37 Aye 29 No
Tax 24% aligned 66 shared votes
39 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 28% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 33% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 3 No
Transport 36% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
Participation
82.4 %
10 % above average
Rank 146 of 649
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
474
575 eligible divisions
892
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
244
51.5 % of votes cast
708
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
230
48.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Appearances
48
-29.6 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
68
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 649
Contributions
60
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 454 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
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£179,455
21 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
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