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Ben Lake vs Ms Stella Creasy

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 Stella Creasy
Ms Stella Creasy
Lab Walthamstow

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Ms Stella Creasy voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 1,342 shared comparable votes.

1,177 same votes 165 different votes 1,342 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
97 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 165 shared votes
97 Aye 68 No
32 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 63 shared votes
32 Aye 31 No
37 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 60 shared votes
37 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
114 Aye 56 No
Tax 71% aligned 170 shared votes
113 Aye 57 No
33 Aye 24 No
Defence 74% aligned 57 shared votes
24 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 7 No
Housing 75% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
75 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 83% aligned 148 shared votes
72 Aye 76 No
10 Aye 2 No
Education 83% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 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 297 of 650
Participation
81.8 %
9 % above average
Rank 166 of 650
1,579
2,082 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,911
2,337 eligible divisions
877
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,069
55.9 % of votes cast
702
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
842
44.1 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

62
-5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
98
+30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 650
65
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 650
Contributions
114
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 213 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
£2,866,314
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£290,682
29 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
66 of 68 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Work / Employment
71 of 75 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
52 of 56 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Housing
60 of 66 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: 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
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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