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Ben Lake vs Neil O'Brien

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 Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 1,357 shared comparable votes.

132 same votes 1,225 different votes 1,357 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
8 Aye 6 No
Education 36% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
111 Aye 53 No
Tax 24% aligned 164 shared votes
52 Aye 112 No
28 Aye 25 No
Benefits 15% aligned 53 shared votes
19 Aye 34 No
77 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 15% aligned 149 shared votes
80 Aye 69 No
19 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 104 No
Migration 0% aligned 137 shared votes
104 Aye 33 No
36 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 72 shared votes
36 Aye 36 No
12 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 1 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 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
85.2 %
12 % above average
Rank 107 of 648
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,752
2,057 eligible divisions
867
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
860
49.1 % of votes cast
695
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
892
50.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % 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
29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 648
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 648
Contributions
34
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 524 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 43 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
55 of 59 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 84 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 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
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
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 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
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