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Ben Lake vs Ms Abena Oppong-Asare

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 Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Lab Erith and Thamesmead

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Ms Abena Oppong-Asare voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 963 shared comparable votes.

789 same votes 174 different votes 963 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
21 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
2 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 6 No
Education 60% aligned 15 shared votes
13 Aye 2 No
81 Aye 36 No
Tax 62% aligned 117 shared votes
77 Aye 40 No
30 Aye 23 No
Benefits 70% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
32 Aye 21 No
Defence 72% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
60 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 79% aligned 125 shared votes
58 Aye 67 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 292 of 650
Participation
76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 284 of 650
1,585
2,089 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,626 eligible divisions
881
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
662
53.5 % of votes cast
704
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
576
46.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

60
-9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650
Appearances
13
-56.8 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 650
63
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 650
Contributions
13
-110.9 vs Commons average
Rank 615 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
£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£288,312
27 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
139 of 152 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Education
62 of 68 votes
Trade
79 of 85 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Work / Employment
57 of 65 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
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 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: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
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