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Ben Lake vs Mr James Frith

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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Mr James Frith
Lab Bury North

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Mr James Frith voted the same way 73% of the time, based on 564 shared comparable votes.

414 same votes 150 different votes 564 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
67 Aye 38 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 105 shared votes
67 Aye 38 No
1 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 12 No
Trade 89% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 88% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 6 No
Defence 46% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 5 No
Education 50% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
29 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 52% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
14 Aye 6 No
Benefits 55% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 57% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 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
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 297 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
219
49.1% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
227
50.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.5% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 649
Appearances
30
-52.3 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 649
68
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649
Contributions
46
-97.5 vs Commons average
Rank 520 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
£817,882
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£210,945
7% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Education
46 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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