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Ben Lake vs Mr Clive Betts

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 Mr Clive Betts
Mr Clive Betts
Lab Sheffield South East

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Mr Clive Betts voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,297 shared comparable votes.

1,112 same votes 185 different votes 1,297 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
93 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
93 Aye 68 No
38 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 59 shared votes
38 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
36 Aye 93 No
Migration 98% aligned 129 shared votes
37 Aye 92 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 4 No
Education 62% aligned 13 shared votes
12 Aye 1 No
113 Aye 58 No
Tax 70% aligned 171 shared votes
113 Aye 58 No
31 Aye 21 No
Defence 73% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 16 No
Benefits 76% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 6 No
Housing 79% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 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 296 of 650
Participation
76.4 %
4 % above average
Rank 281 of 650
1,581
2,085 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,787
2,340 eligible divisions
877
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,005
56.2 % of votes cast
704
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
782
43.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

61
-6.8 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650
Appearances
46
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 650
64
-56.4 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
Contributions
46
-74.4 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£311,690
38 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
65 of 69 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 70 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 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
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
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