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Ben Lake vs Mr David Lammy

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 David Lammy
Mr David Lammy
Lab Tottenham

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Mr David Lammy voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 889 shared comparable votes.

838 same votes 51 different votes 889 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
94 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 162 shared votes
94 Aye 68 No
25 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 62 shared votes
25 Aye 37 No
19 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 84% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
45 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 87% aligned 99 shared votes
46 Aye 53 No
18 Aye 2 No
Energy 90% aligned 20 shared votes
18 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 6 No
Housing 90% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
71 Aye 24 No
Tax 91% aligned 95 shared votes
70 Aye 25 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
48.7%
23% below average
Rank 610 of 649
1,605
2,113 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,154
2,368 eligible divisions
895
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
696
60.3% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
458
39.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.8% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
26 years, 2 months
Since 22 Jun 2000

Debates

66
-14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 649
Appearances
63
-17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 649
68
-71.4 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
Contributions
760
+620.6 vs Commons average
Rank 6 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
£2,872,069
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£268,880
19% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
186 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Trade
61 of 91 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
43 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
32 of 56 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
123 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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