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Ben Lake vs Nigel Farage

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 Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Nigel Farage voted the same way 44% of the time, based on 111 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 62 different votes 111 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
12 Aye 8 No
Tax 75% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 69% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 4 No
Defence 43% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 13% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 4 No
Defence 43% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 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 292 of 649
Participation
40.0%
33% below average
Rank 634 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
6
15 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
4
66.7% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
2
33.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 months
Since 13 Aug 2026

Debates

67
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650
Appearances
13
-70.6 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 650
69
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Contributions
15
-130.7 vs Commons average
Rank 617 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
£162,580
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£162,580
28% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
35
7 registered categories
2
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
Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
No topic data
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
No topic data
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
No topic data
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
No topic data

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading 16 Dec 2025
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) 2 Dec 2025
Tax Transport
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API