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Ruth Jones vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Ruth Jones and Ben Lake voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 972 shared comparable votes.

805 same votes 167 different votes 972 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
29 Aye 32 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
30 Aye 100 No
Migration 98% aligned 130 shared votes
29 Aye 101 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 2 No
Education 57% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
78 Aye 35 No
Tax 67% aligned 113 shared votes
79 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 23 No
Benefits 70% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
62 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 75% aligned 137 shared votes
62 Aye 75 No
21 Aye 21 No
Defence 76% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

77.7 %
5 % above average
Rank 262 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,281
1,648 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
677
52.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
604
47.2 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
13
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
7 years, 2 months
Since 4 Apr 2019
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

35
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
46
-61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 473 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

£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£296,369
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
4
3 registered categories
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

#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 38 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Education
60 of 68 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Migration
134 of 152 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 66 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API