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Lorraine Beavers vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Lorraine Beavers
Lorraine Beavers
Lab Blackpool North and Fleetwood
vs
Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Lorraine Beavers and Ben Lake voted the same way 41% of the time, based on 285 shared comparable votes.

116 same votes 169 different votes 285 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
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 83% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 80% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 6 No
Energy 62% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 60% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
39 Aye 31 No
Tax 23% aligned 70 shared votes
41 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 28% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
4 Aye 9 No
Transport 31% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 75 of 650
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 293 of 650
485
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,590
2,094 eligible divisions
258
53.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
886
55.7 % of votes cast
227
46.8 % of votes cast
No votes
704
44.3 % of votes cast
8
1.6 % 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

48
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
Appearances
61
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
59
-66.8 vs Commons average
Rank 441 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

£199,406
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£199,406
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
3
1 registered category
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 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
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
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
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
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
Where they voted the same
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
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
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
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