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Ben Lake vs Richard Tice

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 Tice
Richard Tice
RUK Boston and Skegness

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Richard Tice voted the same way 54% of the time, based on 178 shared comparable votes.

96 same votes 82 different votes 178 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 17 No
Tax 75% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
3 Aye 1 No
Housing 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
18 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 67% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 2 No
Transport 67% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 4 No
Benefits 58% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 19% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 0 No
Trade 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% 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 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
Participation
51.7 %
21 % below average
Rank 619 of 649
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
297
575 eligible divisions
892
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
141
47.5 % of votes cast
708
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
156
52.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
11
3.7 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Appearances
164
+86.4 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 649
68
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 649
Contributions
234
+96.1 vs Commons average
Rank 94 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
£176,036
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£176,036
22 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
23
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
4 of 4 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 9 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
22 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
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
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 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 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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
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