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Elaine Stewart vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Elaine Stewart
Elaine Stewart
Lab Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
vs
Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Elaine Stewart and Ben Lake voted the same way 38% of the time, based on 228 shared comparable votes.

86 same votes 142 different votes 228 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
3 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
35 Aye 21 No
Tax 27% aligned 56 shared votes
32 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 29% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 9 No
Benefits 36% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

61.5%
11% below average
Rank 564 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
363
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
160
44.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
203
55.9% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

26
-57.7 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
36
-109.9 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 649
Contributions
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£207,074
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£207,074
8% below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
5
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

Energy
16 of 20 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Housing
25 of 32 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Defence
26 of 34 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Crime / Justice
47 of 62 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Tax
81 of 112 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
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
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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