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Gill German vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Gill German
Gill German
Lab Clwyd North
vs
Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Gill German and Ben Lake voted the same way 39% of the time, based on 257 shared comparable votes.

101 same votes 156 different votes 257 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
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 83% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 4 No
Migration 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 5 No
Energy 50% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 1 No
Education 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
32 Aye 29 No
Tax 26% aligned 61 shared votes
39 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 32% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
4 Aye 11 No
Benefits 33% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 11 No
Transport 33% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

73.0 %
same as average
Rank 360 of 650
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 293 of 650
412
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,591
2,095 eligible divisions
196
47.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
887
55.8 % of votes cast
216
52.4 % of votes cast
No votes
704
44.2 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

17
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
Appearances
63
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
18
-109.6 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 650
Contributions
66
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£150,075
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£150,075
34 % below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
0
0 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

Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
#3
Trade
79 of 85 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
48 of 61 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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