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Ben Lake vs Tom Tugendhat

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
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Tom Tugendhat
Con Tonbridge

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Tom Tugendhat voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 1,200 shared comparable votes.

124 same votes 1,076 different votes 1,200 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
8 Aye 5 No
Education 38% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
103 Aye 50 No
Tax 22% aligned 153 shared votes
44 Aye 109 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 18% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
27 Aye 23 No
Benefits 16% aligned 50 shared votes
17 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
28 Aye 29 No
Trade 2% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 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
73.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 352 of 649
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,732
2,361 eligible divisions
892
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
831
48.0 % of votes cast
708
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
901
52.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.3 % 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
64
-13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 332 of 650
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650
Contributions
113
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 264 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
£2,161,547
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£287,101
27 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
44
5 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
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Migration
141 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Benefits
65 of 81 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 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
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
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