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Ben Lake vs Sir Jeremy Wright

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 Wright
Sir Jeremy Wright
Con Kenilworth and Southam

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Sir Jeremy Wright voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 1,117 shared comparable votes.

103 same votes 1,014 different votes 1,117 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
109 Aye 53 No
Tax 23% aligned 162 shared votes
49 Aye 113 No
12 Aye 3 No
Housing 13% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 2 No
Education 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 18 No
Defence 10% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
54 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 112 shared votes
60 Aye 52 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 10 No
Energy 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
7 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 1 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 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
70.8 %
2 % below average
Rank 419 of 648
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,636
2,312 eligible divisions
867
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
763
46.6 % of votes cast
695
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
873
53.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
14
0.9 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 648
Appearances
51
-9.4 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 648
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 648
Contributions
57
-51.9 vs Commons average
Rank 421 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
£2,739,090
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£295,447
31 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 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
194 of 211 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Housing
56 of 66 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
72 of 88 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
49 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA62 but not to insist on Commons Amendment 62C and to propose Gov (a) in lieu of LA62 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion not to insist on Commons Amendment 72C but to disagree with LA72D to LA72H and to propose Gov (a) and (b) in lieu of LA72D to LA72H 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
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