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Chris Webb vs Ben Lake

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Chris Webb
Chris Webb
Lab Blackpool South
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Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Chris Webb and Ben Lake voted the same way 42% of the time, based on 248 shared comparable votes.

104 same votes 144 different votes 248 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
15 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 81% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 6 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 57% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
43 Aye 32 No
Tax 27% aligned 75 shared votes
46 Aye 29 No
4 Aye 8 No
Transport 33% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 2 No
Education 38% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

71.5 %
1 % below average
Rank 396 of 650
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 293 of 650
413
578 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,590
2,094 eligible divisions
199
48.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
886
55.7 % of votes cast
214
51.8 % of votes cast
No votes
704
44.3 % of votes cast
3
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 2 May 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

110
+39.1 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650
Appearances
61
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
113
-12.8 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
Contributions
64
-61.8 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£308,254
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£308,254
36 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Energy
19 of 20 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Tax
102 of 117 votes
#3
Trade
79 of 85 votes
Transport
24 of 30 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
4 of 5 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
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
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 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