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Ben Lake vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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 Sir Andrew Mitchell
Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 1,037 shared comparable votes.

100 same votes 937 different votes 1,037 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 4 No
Education 22% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
52 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 17% aligned 107 shared votes
55 Aye 52 No
93 Aye 34 No
Tax 17% aligned 127 shared votes
41 Aye 86 No
20 Aye 17 No
Benefits 16% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 14 No
Defence 14% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 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 301 of 648
Participation
63.8 %
9 % below average
Rank 535 of 648
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,474
2,312 eligible divisions
867
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
708
48.0 % of votes cast
695
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
766
52.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
39
2.6 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 648
Appearances
46
-14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 648
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 648
Contributions
50
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
20
6 registered categories
0
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
181 of 211 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 169 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Transport
61 of 87 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
59 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 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
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
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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