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Sarah Pochin vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby
vs
Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Ben Lake voted the same way 56% of the time, based on 144 shared comparable votes.

81 same votes 63 different votes 144 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
2 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 15 No
Tax 88% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 1 No
Transport 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 68% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 5 No
Benefits 67% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 21% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 4 No
Trade 43% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 3 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

56.8 %
16 % below average
Rank 598 of 649
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
221
389 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
97
43.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
55.7 % of votes cast
124
56.1 % of votes cast
No votes
708
44.3 % of votes cast
7
3.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

95
+17.4 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649
Appearances
66
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
113
-24.8 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 649
Contributions
68
-69.8 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
7
5 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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Housing
22 of 24 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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