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Ben Lake vs Suella Braverman

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 Suella Braverman
Suella Braverman
RUK Fareham and Waterlooville

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Suella Braverman voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,131 shared comparable votes.

81 same votes 1,050 different votes 1,131 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
18 Aye 13 No
Benefits 23% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
100 Aye 49 No
Tax 20% aligned 149 shared votes
45 Aye 104 No
57 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 114 shared votes
63 Aye 51 No
21 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 13 No
Defence 7% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
29 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
11 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 2 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
Participation
68.8 %
4 % below average
Rank 455 of 649
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,625
2,361 eligible divisions
892
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
765
47.1 % of votes cast
708
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
860
52.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.4 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

66
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
Appearances
54
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650
Contributions
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 425 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
£1,671,241
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£240,275
6 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
194 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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