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Alison McGovern vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Ben Lake voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 1,226 shared comparable votes.

1,078 same votes 148 different votes 1,226 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
90 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 153 shared votes
90 Aye 63 No
31 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
34 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 54 shared votes
34 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 2 No
Education 60% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 27 No
Defence 69% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
33 Aye 17 No
Benefits 70% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
97 Aye 51 No
Tax 76% aligned 148 shared votes
105 Aye 43 No
23 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 83% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
922
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
741
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% 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

63
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
430
+284.1 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
Contributions
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API