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Ben Lake vs Ruth Jones

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 Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Ruth Jones voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 992 shared comparable votes.

815 same votes 177 different votes 992 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
29 Aye 32 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
29 Aye 101 No
Migration 98% aligned 130 shared votes
30 Aye 100 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 6 No
Education 57% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
79 Aye 34 No
Tax 67% aligned 113 shared votes
78 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 22 No
Benefits 70% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 21 No
Defence 71% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
62 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 75% aligned 137 shared votes
62 Aye 75 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 292 of 650
Participation
78.0 %
5 % above average
Rank 250 of 650
1,585
2,089 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,310
1,680 eligible divisions
881
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1 % of votes cast
704
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
627
47.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
7 years, 2 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

60
-9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650
Appearances
41
-28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 650
63
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 650
Contributions
59
-64.9 vs Commons average
Rank 441 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 38 votes
Trade
79 of 85 votes
#3
Education
60 of 68 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
134 of 152 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Work / Employment
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
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
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API