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Ben Lake vs Sir Christopher Chope

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 Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 949 shared comparable votes.

114 same votes 835 different votes 949 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
78 Aye 44 No
Tax 32% aligned 122 shared votes
37 Aye 85 No
19 Aye 15 No
Defence 26% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 26% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
47 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 24% aligned 78 shared votes
32 Aye 46 No
6 Aye 4 No
Housing 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 94 No
Migration 0% aligned 123 shared votes
94 Aye 29 No
31 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
8 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 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 292 of 649
Participation
59.2%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,605
2,118 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,406
2,373 eligible divisions
895
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
599
42.6% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
807
57.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

66
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 649
Appearances
46
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
68
-72.6 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
Contributions
40
-100.6 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
304
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
192 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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
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