Ben Lake Voting Summary

Compared with Plaid Cymru MPs in House of Commons for period: Labour 2024-.

Health

policy name policy status person score person score verbose comparison score diff sig diff
allowing terminally ill people to be given assistance to end their life active 0.00 Voted for 0.33 -0.33 False
smoking bans active 0.00 Voted for 0.16 -0.16 False

Miscellaneous Topics

policy name policy status person score person score verbose comparison score diff sig diff
speeding up nationwide infrastructure consents and opposing local veto powers over large energy schemes active 1.00 Consistently voted against 1.00 0.00 False

Social Issues

policy name policy status person score person score verbose comparison score diff sig diff
shifting the balance of employment rights towards employees active 0.00 Consistently voted for 0.00 0.00 False
allowing terminally ill people to be given assistance to end their life active 0.00 Voted for 0.33 -0.33 False
smoking bans active 0.00 Voted for 0.16 -0.16 False
measures that increased LGBT+ rights and social equality. active 0.00 Voted for 0.00 0.00 False

Constitutional Reform

policy name policy status person score person score verbose comparison score diff sig diff
removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords active 0.00 Voted for 0.00 0.00 False
a more proportional system for electing MPs active 0.00 Voted for 0.00 0.00 False
a wholly elected House of Lords active 0.00 Voted for 0.00 0.00 False

Foreign Policy and Defence

policy name policy status person score person score verbose comparison score diff sig diff
coordinated border security, new immigration crime offences, and scrapping the Rwanda deportation scheme (Border Security Bill) active 0.16 Generally voted for 0.16 0.00 False

Environmental Issues

policy name policy status person score person score verbose comparison score diff sig diff
measures to prevent climate change active 0.16 Generally voted for 0.16 0.00 False
increasing windfall tax on oil and gas companies active 0.25 Generally voted for 0.25 0.00 False

Taxation and Employment

policy name policy status person score person score verbose comparison score diff sig diff
increasing windfall tax on oil and gas companies active 0.25 Generally voted for 0.25 0.00 False
increasing in employers' national insurance contributions active 1.00 Voted against 0.84 0.16 False
increasing capital gains tax active 0.25 Generally voted for 0.25 0.00 False
charging VAT on private school fees active 0.16 Generally voted for 0.16 0.00 False
taxing salary-sacrifice pension contributions above £2,000 a year active 1.00 Consistently voted against 1.00 0.00 False
increasing income tax (in real terms) active 1.00 Voted against 1.00 0.00 False

Business and the Economy

policy name policy status person score person score verbose comparison score diff sig diff
creating a new regulator for English Football active 0.16 Generally voted for 0.16 0.00 False

Transport

policy name policy status person score person score verbose comparison score diff sig diff
bringing the railways into public ownership by creating Great British Railways, a single body running most train services and the track in England active 0.50 Voted a mixture of for and against 0.50 0.00 False

Housing

policy name policy status person score person score verbose comparison score diff sig diff
more rights for tenants and regulation on landlords active 0.16 Generally voted for 0.16 0.00 False

Home Affairs

policy name policy status person score person score verbose comparison score diff sig diff
a stricter asylum system active 1.00 Consistently voted against 1.00 0.00 False

Justice

policy name policy status person score person score verbose comparison score diff sig diff
reducing (for some kinds of offenders) the minimum detention requirement before release to reduce pressure on prison capacity. active 0.50 Voted a mixture of for and against 0.60 -0.10 False
scrapping the scheme that let people avoid prosecution for Troubles-related crimes in exchange for cooperating, and removing the ban on bringing Troubles-related claims in the civil courts active 0.16 Generally voted for 0.16 0.00 False

Welfare, Benefits and Pensions

policy name policy status person score person score verbose comparison score diff sig diff
means-testing/removing universality on winter fuel payments for pensioners active 1.00 Voted against 1.00 0.00 False
more powers to investigate welfare fraud, including requiring banks to monitor accounts of welfare recipients active 1.00 Voted against 1.00 0.00 False
reducing the health top-up for new universal credit claims, while increasing the rate of UC standard allowance. active 1.00 Consistently voted against 1.00 0.00 False
scrapping the two-child limit so that families on Universal Credit get extra support for every child, not just their first two active 0.00 Consistently voted for 0.00 0.00 False