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Imogen Walker vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Imogen Walker
Imogen Walker
Lab Hamilton and Clyde Valley
vs
Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Imogen Walker and Ben Lake voted the same way 35% of the time, based on 208 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 135 different votes 208 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
4 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 80% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 3 No
Energy 75% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 75% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
35 Aye 25 No
Tax 22% aligned 60 shared votes
34 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 22% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 11 No
Benefits 35% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 2 No
Education 38% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

70.3 %
2 % below average
Rank 424 of 650
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 293 of 650
396
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,590
2,094 eligible divisions
190
48.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
886
55.7 % of votes cast
206
52.0 % of votes cast
No votes
704
44.3 % of votes cast
3
0.8 % 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

4
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 650
Appearances
61
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
5
-120.8 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 650
Contributions
64
-61.8 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£178,271
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£178,271
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
6
4 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

Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Education
44 of 49 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Trade
79 of 85 votes
Tax
95 of 111 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
4 of 5 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: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
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
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API