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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.

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

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Alison McGovern voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 1,205 shared comparable votes.

1,061 same votes 144 different votes 1,205 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
28 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 60 shared votes
28 Aye 32 No
34 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 54 shared votes
34 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 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
25 Aye 19 No
Defence 68% aligned 44 shared votes
17 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

75.8 %
3 % above average
Rank 297 of 650
Participation
70.0 %
3 % below average
Rank 435 of 650
1,579
2,082 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,337 eligible divisions
877
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
55.5 % of votes cast
702
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
729
44.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

62
-5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
65
-2.5 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 650
65
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 650
Contributions
324
+204.1 vs Commons average
Rank 38 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

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
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