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Ben Lake vs Mike Wood

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 Mike Wood
Mike Wood
Con Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Mike Wood voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 1,374 shared comparable votes.

161 same votes 1,213 different votes 1,374 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
8 Aye 6 No
Education 43% aligned 14 shared votes
2 Aye 12 No
117 Aye 52 No
Tax 28% aligned 169 shared votes
55 Aye 114 No
31 Aye 26 No
Defence 19% aligned 57 shared votes
31 Aye 26 No
77 Aye 82 No
Crime / Justice 18% aligned 159 shared votes
85 Aye 74 No
19 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
2 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
32 Aye 105 No
Migration 2% aligned 137 shared votes
102 Aye 35 No
40 Aye 36 No
Trade 3% aligned 76 shared votes
38 Aye 38 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
86.3%
14% above average
Rank 70 of 649
1,605
2,118 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,047
2,373 eligible divisions
895
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
985
48.1% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,062
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

66
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 649
Appearances
108
+27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
68
-72.6 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
Contributions
140
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 207 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
£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£275,907
22% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
67 of 69 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
162 of 171 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Housing
60 of 66 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 Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
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
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
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