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Jen Craft vs Ben Lake

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

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Jen Craft
Lab Thurrock
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Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Jen Craft and Ben Lake voted the same way 39% of the time, based on 295 shared comparable votes.

114 same votes 181 different votes 295 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
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 83% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 6 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
37 Aye 28 No
Tax 20% aligned 65 shared votes
37 Aye 28 No
3 Aye 11 No
Transport 29% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 32% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

82.9 %
10 % above average
Rank 143 of 650
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 293 of 650
467
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,590
2,094 eligible divisions
239
51.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
886
55.7 % of votes cast
228
48.8 % of votes cast
No votes
704
44.3 % of votes cast
12
2.6 % 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

79
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 650
Appearances
61
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
104
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 263 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

£193,514
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£193,514
14 % below 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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Defence
33 of 33 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
79 of 85 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 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
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
Where they voted the same
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
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API