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Keir Mather vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby
vs
Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Keir Mather and Ben Lake voted the same way 56% of the time, based on 331 shared comparable votes.

186 same votes 145 different votes 331 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
Trade 100% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 22 No
Migration 93% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 3 No
Energy 93% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 22 No
Tax 36% aligned 53 shared votes
39 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 11 No
Defence 38% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 1 No
Education 38% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
12 Aye 10 No
Benefits 41% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 309 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
552
732 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
275
49.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
277
50.2 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 10 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

62
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
249
+141.1 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 648
Contributions
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£451,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£306,391
35 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
1
1 registered category
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

Defence
23 of 23 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Education
49 of 51 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Transport
23 of 25 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
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: 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
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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