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Fabian Hamilton vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Fabian Hamilton
Fabian Hamilton
Lab Leeds North East
vs
Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Fabian Hamilton and Ben Lake voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 1,080 shared comparable votes.

967 same votes 113 different votes 1,080 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
89 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 156 shared votes
89 Aye 67 No
29 Aye 88 No
Migration 100% aligned 117 shared votes
29 Aye 88 No
31 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 0 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
29 Aye 25 No
Trade 96% aligned 54 shared votes
31 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 4 No
Housing 69% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 2 No
Education 71% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
99 Aye 43 No
Tax 73% aligned 142 shared votes
91 Aye 51 No
24 Aye 20 No
Benefits 77% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 83% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

63.5 %
10 % below average
Rank 536 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,469
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
826
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
643
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
2
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

5
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
5
-102.9 vs Commons average
Rank 630 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

£2,699,927
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£278,935
23 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
0
0 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
177 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Transport
65 of 87 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Housing
49 of 66 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment 9 Dec 2025
Transport
No
Aye
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
Aye
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
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 1B but to propose Government amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 1B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
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