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Ben Lake vs Richard Foord

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 Richard Foord
Richard Foord
LD Honiton and Sidmouth

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Richard Foord voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 484 shared comparable votes.

439 same votes 45 different votes 484 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
15 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 54% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
3 Aye 5 No
Education 75% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 7 No
Benefits 76% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 80% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 9 No
Defence 81% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 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 647
Participation
61.1 %
12 % below average
Rank 565 of 647
1,575
2,078 eligible divisions
Total votes
638
1,044 eligible divisions
874
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
339
53.1 % of votes cast
701
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
299
46.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
3 years, 11 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

60
-6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650
Appearances
194
+127.8 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650
63
-54.8 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
219
+101.2 vs Commons average
Rank 78 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
£772,982
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£302,531
34 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
24 of 29 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Housing
33 of 43 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
13 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
72 of 95 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA62 but not to insist on Commons Amendment 62C and to propose Gov (a) in lieu of LA62 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion not to insist on Commons Amendment 72C but to disagree with LA72D to LA72H and to propose Gov (a) and (b) in lieu of LA72D to LA72H 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
No
No
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 5 17 Nov 2025
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 4 17 Nov 2025
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
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: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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