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Ben Lake vs Sir Jeremy Hunt

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 Jeremy Hunt
Sir Jeremy Hunt
Con Godalming and Ash

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Sir Jeremy Hunt voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 965 shared comparable votes.

106 same votes 859 different votes 965 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
15 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 38% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 5 No
Education 33% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
81 Aye 37 No
Tax 20% aligned 118 shared votes
43 Aye 75 No
14 Aye 14 No
Defence 14% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 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
58.9%
14% below average
Rank 582 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,400
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
659
47.1% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
741
52.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.5% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
51
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
54
-88.3 vs Commons average
Rank 487 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
£2,583,463
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£254,916
13% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
18
7 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
10
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
193 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Trade
64 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
63 of 95 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
31 of 48 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
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
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
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