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Ben Lake vs Steve Barclay

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 Steve Barclay
Steve Barclay
Con North East Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Steve Barclay voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 1,135 shared comparable votes.

132 same votes 1,003 different votes 1,135 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
7 Aye 4 No
Education 27% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
98 Aye 53 No
Tax 27% aligned 151 shared votes
50 Aye 101 No
22 Aye 22 No
Defence 20% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
63 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 20% aligned 126 shared votes
62 Aye 64 No
14 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 16% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 24 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
24 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
1 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
34 Aye 92 No
Migration 2% aligned 126 shared votes
89 Aye 37 No
13 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 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
71.6%
1% below average
Rank 388 of 649
1,605
2,118 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,698
2,373 eligible divisions
895
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
811
47.8% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
887
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

66
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 649
Appearances
82
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 649
68
-72.6 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
Contributions
120
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 260 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
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
192 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
53 of 66 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 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
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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