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Ben Lake vs Catherine McKinnell

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Catherine McKinnell voted the same way 89% of the time, based on 1,180 shared comparable votes.

1,048 same votes 132 different votes 1,180 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
89 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 152 shared votes
89 Aye 63 No
33 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
108 Aye 44 No
Tax 70% aligned 152 shared votes
99 Aye 53 No
13 Aye 2 No
Housing 73% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
27 Aye 18 No
Defence 78% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 18 No
Benefits 82% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 85% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 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 292 of 649
Participation
68.2%
4% below average
Rank 458 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,621
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
54.8% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
733
45.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
17
1.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
20
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
20
-122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£312,180
38% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 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
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
55 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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