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Louise Sandher-Jones vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Louise Sandher-Jones
Louise Sandher-Jones
Lab North East Derbyshire
vs
Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Louise Sandher-Jones and Ben Lake voted the same way 39% of the time, based on 253 shared comparable votes.

99 same votes 154 different votes 253 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
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
18 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 83% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 56% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 5 No
Energy 55% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
31 Aye 28 No
Tax 25% aligned 59 shared votes
37 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 28% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 9 No
Defence 31% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 11 No
Transport 33% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

74.2%
2% above average
Rank 328 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
438
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
219
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
219
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
187
+41.1 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 649
Contributions
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£179,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£179,498
21% below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
1
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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