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Gerald Jones vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Gerald Jones and Ben Lake voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,228 shared comparable votes.

1,057 same votes 171 different votes 1,228 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
92 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 154 shared votes
92 Aye 62 No
23 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 1 No
Education 67% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
30 Aye 22 No
Benefits 69% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
99 Aye 52 No
Tax 73% aligned 151 shared votes
102 Aye 49 No
18 Aye 26 No
Defence 77% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
70 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 78% aligned 141 shared votes
67 Aye 74 No

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

Voting record

81.0%
8% above average
Rank 180 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,925
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
1,075
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
850
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

32
-51.7 vs Commons average
Rank 547 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
40
-105.9 vs Commons average
Rank 546 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

£2,070,048
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£278,380
23% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Transport
86 of 95 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API