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Ben Lake vs Priti Patel

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 Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Priti Patel voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 1,018 shared comparable votes.

128 same votes 890 different votes 1,018 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
6 Aye 6 No
Education 33% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
99 Aye 44 No
Tax 31% aligned 143 shared votes
47 Aye 96 No
43 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 22% aligned 98 shared votes
51 Aye 47 No
13 Aye 17 No
Benefits 20% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 6 No
Energy 20% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
30 Aye 32 No
6 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
26 Aye 75 No
Migration 3% aligned 101 shared votes
72 Aye 29 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
61.6%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,605
2,117 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,462
2,372 eligible divisions
895
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
665
45.5% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
797
54.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

66
-14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 649
Appearances
68
-12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 649
68
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
Contributions
95
-45.5 vs Commons average
Rank 341 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
14
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
189 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Housing
51 of 66 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes

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
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API