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Ben Lake vs Zarah Sultana

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 Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 960 shared comparable votes.

878 same votes 82 different votes 960 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
35 Aye 103 No
Migration 100% aligned 138 shared votes
35 Aye 103 No
22 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
84 Aye 36 No
Tax 71% aligned 120 shared votes
81 Aye 39 No
24 Aye 22 No
Benefits 83% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 21 No
Defence 85% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 87% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 19 No
Transport 88% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

75.8 %
3 % above average
Rank 297 of 647
Participation
74.7 %
2 % above average
Rank 322 of 647
1,575
2,078 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,207
1,615 eligible divisions
874
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
625
51.8 % of votes cast
701
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
582
48.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

60
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Appearances
16
-50.4 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 650
63
-55.0 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
21
-97.0 vs Commons average
Rank 591 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
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
15
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Work / Employment
60 of 65 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Migration
140 of 152 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Defence
54 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
45 of 53 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
42 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API