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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 1,119 shared comparable votes.

77 same votes 1,042 different votes 1,119 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
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 6% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 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
12 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
Participation
69.8 %
3 % below average
Rank 443 of 648
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,613
2,312 eligible divisions
867
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
758
47.0 % of votes cast
695
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
855
53.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.4 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 648
Appearances
27
-33.4 vs Commons average
Rank 527 of 648
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 648
Contributions
29
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 553 of 648

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
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
155 of 161 votes
#2
Trade
71 of 88 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
35 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA62 but not to insist on Commons Amendment 62C and to propose Gov (a) in lieu of LA62 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion not to insist on Commons Amendment 72C but to disagree with LA72D to LA72H and to propose Gov (a) and (b) in lieu of LA72D to LA72H 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
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