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Rishi Sunak vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak
Con Richmond and Northallerton
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Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Rishi Sunak and Ben Lake voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 652 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 625 different votes 652 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
6 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 15% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 5 No
Education 14% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 13 No
Migration 6% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 56 No
Tax 5% aligned 77 shared votes
52 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

43.3 %
30 % below average
Rank 631 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,000
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
451
45.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
549
54.9 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
4
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

21
-39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 648
Appearances
48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 648
23
-85.9 vs Commons average
Rank 570 of 648
Contributions
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,536,845
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£166,813
26 % below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
14
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
4
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

Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Trade
59 of 88 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Transport
52 of 87 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
20 of 45 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Aye
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3J 22 Apr 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Economic Activity of Public Bodies Carry-Over 22 Apr 2024
No
Aye
Reasons Committee Rwanda Bill 22 Apr 2024
No
Aye
Rwanda Bill motion to disagree with Lords amendment 10F 22 Apr 2024
No
Aye
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3G 22 Apr 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Safety of Rwanda Bill: That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment 6D 17 Apr 2024
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) 2 Dec 2025
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Winter Fuel Payment 10 Sep 2024
Aye
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sep 2024
Aye
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