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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.

Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli
vs
Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Andy McDonald voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,252 shared comparable votes.

1,076 same votes 176 different votes 1,252 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 102 No
Migration 98% aligned 132 shared votes
31 Aye 101 No
22 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 96% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 6 No
Education 57% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
111 Aye 49 No
Tax 73% aligned 160 shared votes
106 Aye 54 No
32 Aye 22 No
Defence 74% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
14 Aye 7 No
Housing 76% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 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

75.8 %
3 % above average
Rank 296 of 650
Participation
75.5 %
3 % above average
Rank 302 of 650
1,581
2,085 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,767
2,340 eligible divisions
877
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
984
55.7 % of votes cast
704
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
783
44.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
13 years, 6 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

61
-6.8 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650
Appearances
89
+21.2 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 650
64
-56.4 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
Contributions
124
+3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 193 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
1
1 registered category
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
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Defence
64 of 70 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 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
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
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
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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