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Ben Lake vs Stephen Kinnock

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 Kinnock
Stephen Kinnock
Lab Aberafan Maesteg

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Stephen Kinnock voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,297 shared comparable votes.

1,115 same votes 182 different votes 1,297 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
94 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
94 Aye 67 No
30 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
37 Aye 104 No
Migration 98% aligned 141 shared votes
38 Aye 103 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 6 No
Education 67% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
103 Aye 54 No
Tax 70% aligned 157 shared votes
106 Aye 51 No
14 Aye 7 No
Housing 76% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
31 Aye 20 No
Benefits 76% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
31 Aye 23 No
Defence 78% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 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
75.4%
3% above average
Rank 300 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,792
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,013
56.5% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
779
43.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
115
+33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
443
+300.7 vs Commons average
Rank 26 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
£2,167,873
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£312,875
38% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Migration
150 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
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
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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