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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 85% of the time, based on 1,281 shared comparable votes.

1,094 same votes 187 different votes 1,281 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
30 Aye 104 No
Migration 98% aligned 134 shared votes
31 Aye 103 No
22 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 96% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 6 No
Education 57% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
114 Aye 49 No
Tax 72% aligned 163 shared votes
106 Aye 57 No
70 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 74% aligned 141 shared votes
68 Aye 73 No
33 Aye 22 No
Defence 75% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
14 Aye 7 No
Housing 76% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 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
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 291 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,820
2,406 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,007
55.3% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
813
44.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
13 years, 11 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

77
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 650
Appearances
101
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 650
78
-83.6 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Contributions
141
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 261 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
£2,505,391
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

Migration
157 of 163 votes
#1
Work / Employment
74 of 80 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
183 of 212 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Transport
82 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

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