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Ben Lake vs Wendy Morton

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 Wendy Morton
Wendy Morton
Con Aldridge-Brownhills

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Wendy Morton voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 1,174 shared comparable votes.

115 same votes 1,059 different votes 1,174 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
93 Aye 55 No
Tax 24% aligned 148 shared votes
42 Aye 106 No
6 Aye 3 No
Education 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
54 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 17% aligned 111 shared votes
60 Aye 51 No
25 Aye 24 No
Benefits 16% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 20 No
Defence 15% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
21 Aye 35 No
11 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 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
78.7 %
5 % above average
Rank 244 of 648
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,820
2,312 eligible divisions
867
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
866
47.6 % of votes cast
695
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
954
52.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2 % 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
123
+62.6 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 648
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 648
Contributions
212
+103.1 vs Commons average
Rank 68 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
£1,630,211
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£253,374
12 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
12
5 registered categories
0
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
204 of 211 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Trade
84 of 88 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
60 of 65 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
54 of 59 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
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
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: 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
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
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
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