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Ben Lake vs Sir Mark Hendrick

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 Mark Hendrick
Sir Mark Hendrick
Lab Preston

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Sir Mark Hendrick voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 991 shared comparable votes.

889 same votes 102 different votes 991 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
91 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 154 shared votes
91 Aye 63 No
16 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 7 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 2 No
Housing 50% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
24 Aye 19 No
Benefits 74% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 79% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
92 Aye 38 No
Tax 83% aligned 130 shared votes
86 Aye 44 No
56 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 83% aligned 108 shared votes
42 Aye 66 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 297 of 647
Participation
56.1 %
17 % below average
Rank 599 of 647
1,575
2,078 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,309
2,333 eligible divisions
874
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
726
55.5 % of votes cast
701
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
583
44.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
25 years, 6 months
Since 23 Nov 2000

Debates

60
-6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650
Appearances
3
-63.2 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 650
63
-54.8 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
6
-111.8 vs Commons average
Rank 625 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
£2,661,205
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£295,956
31 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
175 of 211 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Trade
71 of 88 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
37 of 56 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Transport
58 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms 24 Feb 2026
Education
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 23 Feb 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1 23 Feb 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 27 Jan 2026
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: Amendment 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment 9 Dec 2025
Transport
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
Aye
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
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 1B but to propose Government amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 1B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
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