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Ben Lake vs Sir Roger Gale

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 Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 900 shared comparable votes.

119 same votes 781 different votes 900 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
2 Aye 5 No
Education 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
76 Aye 51 No
Tax 29% aligned 127 shared votes
40 Aye 87 No
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 22% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
25 Aye 21 No
Defence 20% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 20 No
Benefits 16% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 18 No
Migration 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 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
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 597 of 649
1,605
2,118 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,373 eligible divisions
895
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

66
-15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
112
+30.8 vs Commons average
Rank 127 of 649
68
-73.2 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
Contributions
98
-43.2 vs Commons average
Rank 330 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
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
66 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
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
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
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