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Hilary Benn vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South
vs
Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Ben Lake voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,319 shared comparable votes.

1,147 same votes 172 different votes 1,319 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
93 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 162 shared votes
93 Aye 69 No
10 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
39 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 62 shared votes
38 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 2 No
Education 63% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
100 Aye 52 No
Tax 69% aligned 152 shared votes
97 Aye 55 No
35 Aye 23 No
Benefits 72% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 34 No
Defence 74% aligned 58 shared votes
33 Aye 25 No
76 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 80% aligned 147 shared votes
72 Aye 75 No

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

Voting record

77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 266 of 649
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
1,035
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
55.7 % of votes cast
788
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
708
44.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

57
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
Appearances
66
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
457
+318.7 vs Commons average
Rank 22 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

£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
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
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
Where they voted the same
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
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