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Ben Lake vs Stephen Doughty

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 Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Stephen Doughty voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 1,133 shared comparable votes.

1,027 same votes 106 different votes 1,133 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
81 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 144 shared votes
81 Aye 63 No
36 Aye 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 116 shared votes
36 Aye 80 No
27 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
97 Aye 43 No
Tax 78% aligned 140 shared votes
96 Aye 44 No
22 Aye 16 No
Benefits 82% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 19 No
Defence 82% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
59 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 87% aligned 119 shared votes
60 Aye 59 No
6 Aye 2 No
Education 88% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 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
66.9 %
6 % below average
Rank 490 of 647
1,575
2,078 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,561
2,333 eligible divisions
874
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
898
57.5 % of votes cast
701
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
663
42.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
17
1.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
13 years, 7 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

60
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Appearances
67
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
63
-55.0 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
334
+216.0 vs Commons average
Rank 34 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
£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,894
30 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
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
177 of 211 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
51 of 64 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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