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Rachel Taylor vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Rachel Taylor
Rachel Taylor
Lab North Warwickshire and Bedworth
vs
Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Rachel Taylor and Ben Lake voted the same way 37% of the time, based on 296 shared comparable votes.

109 same votes 187 different votes 296 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
18 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 84% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 80% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 6 No
Migration 60% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
38 Aye 24 No
Tax 26% aligned 62 shared votes
34 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 27% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 2 No
Education 33% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 14 No
Defence 37% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

79.2%
7% above average
Rank 220 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
467
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
228
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
239
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

124
+40.3 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
184
+38.1 vs Commons average
Rank 155 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

£240,723
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£240,723
6% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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
13 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
53 of 62 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
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
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 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
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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