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Ben Lake vs Alison McGovern

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Alison McGovern voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 1,231 shared comparable votes.

1,079 same votes 152 different votes 1,231 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
9 Aye 6 No
Education 60% aligned 15 shared votes
13 Aye 2 No
26 Aye 19 No
Defence 69% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
32 Aye 18 No
Benefits 70% aligned 50 shared votes
33 Aye 17 No
105 Aye 43 No
Tax 76% aligned 148 shared votes
97 Aye 51 No
22 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 83% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
3% above average
Rank 307 of 650
Participation
70.2%
2% below average
Rank 421 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,689
2,406 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
933
55.2% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
756
44.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

78
-14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650
Appearances
77
-15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
79
-81.1 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 650
Contributions
570
+409.9 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 650

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

Financials and interests

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

Migration
157 of 163 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
174 of 212 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