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Sir Mel Stride vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Sir Mel Stride
Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon
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Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Ben Lake voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 1,285 shared comparable votes.

133 same votes 1,152 different votes 1,285 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
3 Aye 12 No
Education 40% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
49 Aye 102 No
Tax 25% aligned 151 shared votes
104 Aye 47 No
23 Aye 20 No
Defence 16% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 29 No
Benefits 16% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
66 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 15% aligned 136 shared votes
65 Aye 71 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 4 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

77.9%
5% above average
Rank 248 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

29
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 649
Appearances
66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
47
-95.3 vs Commons average
Rank 512 of 649
Contributions
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
9
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

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
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
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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