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Ben Lake vs Rebecca Long Bailey

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 Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Rebecca Long Bailey voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,262 shared comparable votes.

1,101 same votes 161 different votes 1,262 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 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 156 shared votes
93 Aye 63 No
38 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 56 shared votes
38 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
34 Aye 95 No
Migration 98% aligned 129 shared votes
35 Aye 94 No
Most different by topic
93 Aye 45 No
Tax 72% aligned 138 shared votes
92 Aye 46 No
11 Aye 7 No
Housing 72% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 2 No
Education 73% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
33 Aye 24 No
Defence 74% aligned 57 shared votes
24 Aye 33 No
70 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 78% aligned 147 shared votes
70 Aye 77 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
76.6 %
4 % above average
Rank 275 of 650
1,579
2,082 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,791
2,337 eligible divisions
877
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
995
55.6 % of votes cast
702
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
796
44.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

62
-5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
36
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 482 of 650
65
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 650
Contributions
38
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 523 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
£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£259,636
15 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
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
Defence
65 of 68 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 43 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Transport
78 of 91 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: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
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
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
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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
Aye
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