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Richard Foord vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Richard Foord
Richard Foord
LD Honiton and Sidmouth
vs
Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Ben Lake voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 480 shared comparable votes.

436 same votes 44 different votes 480 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
15 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 54% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
3 Aye 5 No
Education 75% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 9 No
Benefits 76% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 80% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 7 No
Defence 83% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

61.5 %
12 % below average
Rank 569 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
629
1,023 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
332
52.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
297
47.2 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
4
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
3 years, 11 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

170
+110.1 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
198
+90.1 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 648
Contributions
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£772,982
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
24 of 29 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Environment / Climate
13 of 17 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Migration
72 of 95 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA62 but not to insist on Commons Amendment 62C and to propose Gov (a) in lieu of LA62 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion not to insist on Commons Amendment 72C but to disagree with LA72D to LA72H and to propose Gov (a) and (b) in lieu of LA72D to LA72H 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 5 17 Nov 2025
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 4 17 Nov 2025
Environment / Climate
No
No
Employment Rights Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of LA62 5 Nov 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
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