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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.

Photograph of Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead
vs
Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Ben Lake voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 1,219 shared comparable votes.

1,073 same votes 146 different votes 1,219 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

69.9 %
3 % below average
Rank 431 of 649
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,651
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
918
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
55.7 % of votes cast
733
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
708
44.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 650
Appearances
66
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
446
+307.7 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 650
Contributions
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650

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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
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