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Ben Lake vs Andy McDonald
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Ben Lake and Andy McDonald 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
75.8%
3% above average
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
996
55.5% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
798
44.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Debates
66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
91
+9.3 vs Commons average
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
123
-19.3 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API