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Ben Lake vs Nick Thomas-Symonds

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 Nick Thomas-Symonds
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Lab Torfaen

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Nick Thomas-Symonds voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 1,108 shared comparable votes.

1,010 same votes 98 different votes 1,108 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
93 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 159 shared votes
93 Aye 66 No
32 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
82 Aye 47 No
Tax 79% aligned 129 shared votes
85 Aye 44 No
25 Aye 17 No
Benefits 81% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 6 No
Housing 83% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
25 Aye 18 No
Defence 84% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 90% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 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 291 of 649
Participation
62.6%
10% below average
Rank 550 of 649
1,605
2,117 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,484
2,372 eligible divisions
895
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
851
57.3% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
633
42.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

66
-14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 649
Appearances
55
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 649
68
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
Contributions
418
+277.5 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£255,367
13% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Trade
71 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
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