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Gill Furniss vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Gill Furniss
Gill Furniss
Lab Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
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Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Gill Furniss and Ben Lake voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,160 shared comparable votes.

996 same votes 164 different votes 1,160 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 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 160 shared votes
92 Aye 68 No
10 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
33 Aye 73 No
Migration 99% aligned 106 shared votes
34 Aye 72 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Benefits 69% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 2 No
Education 70% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
95 Aye 43 No
Tax 72% aligned 138 shared votes
93 Aye 45 No
23 Aye 32 No
Defence 73% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 8 No
Housing 76% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

71.3 %
1 % below average
Rank 401 of 649
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,647
2,310 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
911
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
55.7 % of votes cast
736
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
708
44.3 % of votes cast
12
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
10 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2016
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

42
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 481 of 650
Appearances
66
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
37
-101.3 vs Commons average
Rank 544 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

£2,125,000
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£322,640
43 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
2
2 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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Housing
50 of 61 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
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