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Ben Lake vs Sarah Dyke

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 Sarah Dyke
Sarah Dyke
LD Glastonbury and Somerton

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Sarah Dyke voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 353 shared comparable votes.

306 same votes 47 different votes 353 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
12 Aye 3 No
Energy 100% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 2 No
Trade 100% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
15 Aye 9 No
Benefits 79% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 8 No
Defence 80% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 3 No
Transport 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

75.8 %
3 % above average
Rank 297 of 650
Participation
64.1 %
9 % below average
Rank 535 of 650
1,579
2,082 eligible divisions
Total votes
485
757 eligible divisions
877
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
229
47.2 % of votes cast
702
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
256
52.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 20 Jul 2023

Debates

61
-6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Appearances
125
+58.0 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 650
64
-55.1 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 650
Contributions
144
+24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 154 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
£472,827
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£292,538
29 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
42 of 44 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Trade
11 of 12 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
7 of 8 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 5 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA62 but not to insist on Commons Amendment 62C and to propose Gov (a) in lieu of LA62 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion not to insist on Commons Amendment 72C but to disagree with LA72D to LA72H and to propose Gov (a) and (b) in lieu of LA72D to LA72H 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No
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