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Jess Asato vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Jess Asato
Jess Asato
Lab Lowestoft
vs
Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Jess Asato and Ben Lake voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 258 shared comparable votes.

103 same votes 155 different votes 258 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
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 2 No
Energy 89% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 83% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 80% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
38 Aye 24 No
Tax 24% aligned 62 shared votes
35 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 33% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
2 Aye 1 No
Housing 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 6 No
Defence 36% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

80.3 %
7 % above average
Rank 199 of 647
Participation
75.8 %
3 % above average
Rank 303 of 647
428
533 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,565
2,064 eligible divisions
214
50.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.4 % of votes cast
214
50.0 % of votes cast
No votes
698
44.6 % of votes cast
13
3.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

28
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 647
Appearances
48
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 647
33
-79.7 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 647
Contributions
51
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£194,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£194,965
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 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
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
No
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