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Kate Dearden vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Kate Dearden
Kate Dearden
Lab Halifax
vs
Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Kate Dearden and Ben Lake voted the same way 41% of the time, based on 250 shared comparable votes.

102 same votes 148 different votes 250 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
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 88% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
20 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 78% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 5 No
Energy 64% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Housing 20% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 2 No
Education 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
29 Aye 25 No
Tax 26% aligned 54 shared votes
33 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

87.4 %
15 % above average
Rank 57 of 650
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 293 of 650
492
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,590
2,094 eligible divisions
241
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
886
55.7 % of votes cast
251
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
704
44.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % 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

62
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 650
Appearances
61
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
152
+26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 159 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

£175,203
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£175,203
23 % below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
7
2 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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
79 of 85 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 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
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
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
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
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: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 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
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Voting source Commons Votes API