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Ben Lake vs Chris McDonald
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Ben Lake and Chris McDonald voted the same way 38% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.
102 same votes
170 different votes
272 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
77.5%
5% above average
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
223
48.8% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
234
51.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.6% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
67
-16.6 vs Commons average
Appearances
93
+9.4 vs Commons average
69
-76.7 vs Commons average
Contributions
406
+260.3 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
£217,932
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£217,932
4% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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