Ayes & Noes

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Ben Lake vs Mrs Kemi Badenoch

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 Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Mrs Kemi Badenoch voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,130 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 1,063 different votes 1,130 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
7 Aye 5 No
Education 33% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
97 Aye 46 No
Tax 18% aligned 143 shared votes
42 Aye 101 No
17 Aye 14 No
Defence 10% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 12 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
59 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 117 shared votes
62 Aye 55 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
34 Aye 31 No
32 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 No
15 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
Participation
68.0 %
5 % below average
Rank 476 of 648
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,399
2,057 eligible divisions
867
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
693
49.5 % of votes cast
695
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
706
50.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 648
Appearances
50
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 648
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 648
Contributions
208
+99.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£278,687
23 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
15
5 registered categories
0
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
167 of 188 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Trade
70 of 84 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 161 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
35 of 43 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
No
Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Energy: original words stand part 12 Nov 2025
Energy
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Sentencing Bill: Third Reading 29 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 29 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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