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Ben Lake vs Seema Malhotra

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 Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 1,151 shared comparable votes.

1,040 same votes 111 different votes 1,151 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
94 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 163 shared votes
94 Aye 69 No
35 Aye 96 No
Migration 100% aligned 131 shared votes
35 Aye 96 No
28 Aye 28 No
Trade 100% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 22 No
Benefits 71% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
105 Aye 43 No
Tax 76% aligned 148 shared votes
98 Aye 50 No
26 Aye 20 No
Defence 83% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 85% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 7 No
Energy 88% aligned 25 shared votes
19 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
68.1 %
5 % below average
Rank 467 of 647
1,575
2,078 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,588
2,333 eligible divisions
874
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
894
56.3 % of votes cast
701
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
694
43.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.8 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
14 years, 6 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

60
-6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650
Appearances
55
-11.2 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 650
63
-54.8 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
326
+208.2 vs Commons average
Rank 35 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
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
183 of 211 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Defence
54 of 64 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
141 of 169 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 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
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
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
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment 9 Dec 2025
Transport
No
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
Aye
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
Aye
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