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Ben Lake vs Richard Fuller

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 Fuller
Richard Fuller
Con North Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Richard Fuller voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 995 shared comparable votes.

139 same votes 856 different votes 995 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
5 Aye 6 No
Education 45% aligned 11 shared votes
1 Aye 10 No
82 Aye 46 No
Tax 35% aligned 128 shared votes
41 Aye 87 No
27 Aye 25 No
Defence 21% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 18 No
Transport 20% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
68 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 19% aligned 140 shared votes
72 Aye 68 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 33 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 59 shared votes
33 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 1 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 0 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

76.0%
4% above average
Rank 284 of 649
Participation
64.3%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,605
2,113 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,523
2,368 eligible divisions
895
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
46.1% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
821
53.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.9% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

66
-14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 649
Appearances
34
-46.0 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 649
68
-71.4 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
Contributions
49
-90.4 vs Commons average
Rank 501 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
£2,221,578
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£273,108
21% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
62 of 71 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
65 of 77 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Housing
54 of 66 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
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
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
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