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Matthew Patrick vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Matthew Patrick
Matthew Patrick
Lab Wirral West
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Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Matthew Patrick and Ben Lake voted the same way 37% of the time, based on 274 shared comparable votes.

100 same votes 174 different votes 274 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
4 Aye 2 No
Energy 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 83% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 80% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
23 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 25% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 12 No
Defence 25% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
34 Aye 28 No
Tax 26% aligned 62 shared votes
38 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

81.0 %
8 % above average
Rank 184 of 650
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 293 of 650
457
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,591
2,095 eligible divisions
224
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
887
55.8 % of votes cast
233
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
704
44.2 % of votes cast
8
1.8 % 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

21
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 650
Appearances
63
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
72
-55.6 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650
Contributions
66
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£174,976
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£174,976
23 % below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
0
0 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

Migration
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Trade
79 of 85 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API