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Christine Jardine vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Christine Jardine
Christine Jardine
LD Edinburgh West
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Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Christine Jardine and Ben Lake voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 1,146 shared comparable votes.

1,103 same votes 43 different votes 1,146 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
101 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 171 shared votes
101 Aye 70 No
36 Aye 96 No
Migration 100% aligned 132 shared votes
36 Aye 96 No
14 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 5 No
Housing 100% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 6 No
Education 86% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
26 Aye 15 No
Defence 90% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
31 Aye 21 No
Benefits 90% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 92% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 92% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

66.8 %
6 % below average
Rank 493 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,374
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
759
55.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
615
44.8 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

121
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 41 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
123
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 648
Contributions
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,941,958
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£318,822
41 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
176 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Migration
136 of 161 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Trade
67 of 84 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Education
59 of 75 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
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
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment 9 Dec 2025
Transport
No
No
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
Aye
No
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
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
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
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
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
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 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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