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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
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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 1,141 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,071 different votes 1,141 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
19 Aye 15 No
Defence 15% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 12 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
60 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 118 shared votes
63 Aye 55 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
34 Aye 34 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

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 482 of 649
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,410
2,106 eligible divisions
892
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
699
49.6 % of votes cast
708
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
711
50.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

66
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
Appearances
61
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 650
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650
Contributions
249
+110.7 vs Commons average
Rank 79 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
£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
19
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
157 of 163 votes
#2
Trade
73 of 87 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Migration
134 of 163 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
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
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
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