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Ben Lake vs Tim Farron

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 Tim Farron
Tim Farron
LD Westmorland and Lonsdale

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Tim Farron voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 1,114 shared comparable votes.

1,061 same votes 53 different votes 1,114 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
97 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 159 shared votes
97 Aye 62 No
26 Aye 25 No
Trade 100% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 67% aligned 48 shared votes
11 Aye 37 No
5 Aye 1 No
Education 83% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
11 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 90% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
29 Aye 20 No
Defence 92% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 92% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 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
63.4 %
10 % below average
Rank 542 of 648
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,465
2,312 eligible divisions
867
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
798
54.5 % of votes cast
695
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
667
45.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 648
Appearances
121
+60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 648
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 648
Contributions
140
+31.1 vs Commons average
Rank 132 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
£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£301,196
33 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
0
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
Defence
53 of 59 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 65 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Migration
131 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 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
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
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
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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