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Ben Lake vs Shockat Adam

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 Shockat Adam
Shockat Adam
Ind Leicester South

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Shockat Adam voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 221 shared comparable votes.

185 same votes 36 different votes 221 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
5 Aye 3 No
Energy 100% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 20 No
Tax 64% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
1 Aye 5 No
Education 67% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 72% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 4 No
Transport 75% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
16 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 79% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 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
59.7 %
13 % below average
Rank 580 of 650
1,585
2,089 eligible divisions
Total votes
333
558 eligible divisions
881
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
181
54.4 % of votes cast
704
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
152
45.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
Appearances
177
+107.3 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 650
63
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 650
Contributions
192
+68.2 vs Commons average
Rank 102 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
£230,874
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£230,874
2 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Trade
4 of 5 votes
Trade
79 of 85 votes
#3
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
8 of 11 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Energy
12 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 26 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 86 stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API