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Andy McDonald vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Ben Lake voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,276 shared comparable votes.

1,093 same votes 183 different votes 1,276 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
93 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
93 Aye 68 No
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
31 Aye 103 No
Migration 98% aligned 134 shared votes
30 Aye 104 No
23 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 96% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 2 No
Education 57% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
106 Aye 57 No
Tax 72% aligned 163 shared votes
114 Aye 49 No
23 Aye 32 No
Defence 75% aligned 55 shared votes
33 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 8 No
Housing 76% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
67 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 77% aligned 137 shared votes
67 Aye 70 No

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

Voting record

75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
996
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
798
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

90
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
120
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 272 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

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
4
2 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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API