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Rebecca Long Bailey vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford
vs
Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Rebecca Long Bailey and Ben Lake voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,281 shared comparable votes.

1,117 same votes 164 different votes 1,281 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
93 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 156 shared votes
93 Aye 63 No
38 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 56 shared votes
38 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
35 Aye 96 No
Migration 98% aligned 131 shared votes
34 Aye 97 No
Most different by topic
92 Aye 48 No
Tax 71% aligned 140 shared votes
95 Aye 45 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 72% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 1 No
Education 73% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
25 Aye 34 No
Defence 75% aligned 59 shared votes
34 Aye 25 No
70 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 78% aligned 147 shared votes
70 Aye 77 No

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

Voting record

76.7 %
4 % above average
Rank 273 of 649
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,812
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
1,007
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
55.7 % of votes cast
805
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
708
44.3 % of votes cast
25
1.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

44
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 650
Appearances
66
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
45
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 650
Contributions
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£259,636
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
5
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

Defence
68 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 43 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 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
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 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
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
Where they voted the same
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: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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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