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Ben Lake vs Sarah 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 Sarah Jones
Sarah Jones
Lab Croydon West

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Sarah Jones voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 1,146 shared comparable votes.

1,026 same votes 120 different votes 1,146 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
93 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 160 shared votes
93 Aye 67 No
33 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 4 No
Education 64% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
96 Aye 46 No
Tax 77% aligned 142 shared votes
98 Aye 44 No
29 Aye 18 No
Benefits 83% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
56 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 83% aligned 124 shared votes
55 Aye 69 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 87% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 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 647
Participation
67.4 %
6 % below average
Rank 482 of 647
1,575
2,078 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,400
2,078 eligible divisions
874
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
778
55.6 % of votes cast
701
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
622
44.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

60
-6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650
Appearances
67
+0.8 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
63
-54.8 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
378
+260.2 vs Commons average
Rank 26 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
£1,822,449
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£279,929
24 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
164 of 188 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Migration
134 of 161 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
65 of 84 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
33 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
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
Aye
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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