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Ben Lake vs Taiwo Owatemi

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 Taiwo Owatemi
Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 835 shared comparable votes.

698 same votes 137 different votes 835 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
22 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 18 No
Trade 100% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 36 No
Tax 70% aligned 101 shared votes
79 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 3 No
Housing 71% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
27 Aye 17 No
Defence 73% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 17 No
Benefits 75% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 17 No
Transport 77% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 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 292 of 650
Participation
75.4 %
3 % above average
Rank 305 of 650
1,585
2,089 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,226
1,626 eligible divisions
881
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
652
53.2 % of votes cast
704
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
574
46.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
13
1.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

61
-7.5 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 650
Appearances
2
-66.5 vs Commons average
Rank 634 of 650
64
-57.7 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
Contributions
2
-119.7 vs Commons average
Rank 631 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Trade
79 of 85 votes
#3
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
152 of 173 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Housing
45 of 53 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API