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Dr Beccy Cooper vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Dr Beccy Cooper
Dr Beccy Cooper
Lab Worthing West
vs
Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Dr Beccy Cooper and Ben Lake voted the same way 43% of the time, based on 270 shared comparable votes.

116 same votes 154 different votes 270 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
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
26 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 84% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 2 No
Education 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 6 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 15 No
Tax 23% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 31% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
5 Aye 12 No
Benefits 35% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 19 No
Defence 40% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

73.9 %
1 % above average
Rank 336 of 649
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
425
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
220
51.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
55.7 % of votes cast
205
48.2 % of votes cast
No votes
708
44.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

47
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Appearances
66
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
66
-72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 650
Contributions
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£235,147
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£235,147
4 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
10
3 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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
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