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Ben Lake vs Sir Edward Leigh

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 Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 1,231 shared comparable votes.

122 same votes 1,109 different votes 1,231 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
112 Aye 54 No
Tax 28% aligned 166 shared votes
50 Aye 116 No
62 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 19% aligned 132 shared votes
73 Aye 59 No
7 Aye 4 No
Education 18% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 22 No
Benefits 16% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 23 No
Defence 15% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 97 No
Migration 0% aligned 124 shared votes
97 Aye 27 No
32 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
21 Aye 32 No
10 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
Participation
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
892
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.1 % of votes cast
708
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
937
52.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

66
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
Appearances
164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650
Contributions
184
+45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 140 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
188 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 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
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
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
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