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Ben Lake vs Rishi Sunak

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 Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak
Con Richmond and Northallerton

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Rishi Sunak voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 657 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 630 different votes 657 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
9 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 1 No
Education 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 23 No
Migration 6% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
52 Aye 25 No
Tax 5% aligned 77 shared votes
21 Aye 56 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
31 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
15 Aye 31 No
9 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 7 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 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
42.6 %
30 % below average
Rank 632 of 649
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,005
2,361 eligible divisions
892
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
454
45.2 % of votes cast
708
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
551
54.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.4 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

66
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
Appearances
37
-40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 650
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650
Contributions
46
-92.3 vs Commons average
Rank 511 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
£1,536,845
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£166,813
26 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
15
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
167 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Trade
61 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
52 of 95 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
20 of 48 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
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3J 22 Apr 2024
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) 2 Dec 2025
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Winter Fuel Payment 10 Sep 2024
Aye
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sep 2024
Aye
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