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Ben Lake vs Esther McVey

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 Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Esther McVey voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 1,067 shared comparable votes.

102 same votes 965 different votes 1,067 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
7 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 46% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
82 Aye 42 No
Tax 22% aligned 124 shared votes
41 Aye 83 No
60 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 17% aligned 111 shared votes
54 Aye 57 No
11 Aye 7 No
Housing 17% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
24 Aye 15 No
Defence 15% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 1 No
Education 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
Participation
64.9 %
8 % below average
Rank 524 of 648
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,334
2,057 eligible divisions
867
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
608
45.6 % of votes cast
695
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
726
54.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
54
4.0 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 648
Appearances
77
+16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 648
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 648
Contributions
109
+0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
0
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Defence
47 of 59 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
66 of 84 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Aye
UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion 9 Dec 2025
Trade
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA62 but not to insist on Commons Amendment 62C and to propose Gov (a) in lieu of LA62 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
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