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Ben Lake vs Stuart Anderson

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 Stuart Anderson
Stuart Anderson
Con South Shropshire

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Stuart Anderson voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 920 shared comparable votes.

129 same votes 791 different votes 920 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
6 Aye 5 No
Education 45% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
82 Aye 42 No
Tax 37% aligned 124 shared votes
42 Aye 82 No
5 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
23 Aye 19 No
Defence 19% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
70 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 17% aligned 127 shared votes
57 Aye 70 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 32 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 54 shared votes
32 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 1 No
Housing 0% aligned 12 shared votes
1 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

76.0%
4% above average
Rank 284 of 649
Participation
76.2%
5% above average
Rank 275 of 649
1,605
2,113 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,258
1,650 eligible divisions
895
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
607
48.3% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

66
-14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 649
Appearances
65
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 332 of 649
68
-71.4 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
Contributions
111
-28.4 vs Commons average
Rank 287 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
£1,320,074
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£303,089
34% 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
63 of 63 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Energy
42 of 48 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
145 of 174 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
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
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
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
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