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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 652 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 625 different votes 652 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 22 No
Migration 6% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
52 Aye 25 No
Tax 5% aligned 77 shared votes
21 Aye 56 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 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

75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
Participation
43.3 %
30 % below average
Rank 631 of 648
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,000
2,312 eligible divisions
867
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
451
45.1 % of votes cast
695
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
549
54.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.4 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 648
Appearances
21
-39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 648
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 648
Contributions
23
-85.9 vs Commons average
Rank 570 of 648

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
14
4 registered categories
0
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
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Trade
59 of 88 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
52 of 87 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
20 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Economic Activity of Public Bodies Carry-Over 22 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Reasons Committee Rwanda Bill 22 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Rwanda Bill motion to disagree with Lords amendment 10F 22 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3G 22 Apr 2024
Migration
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda Bill: That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment 6D 17 Apr 2024
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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