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Ben Lake vs Helen Maguire

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Helen Maguire voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 248 shared comparable votes.

203 same votes 45 different votes 248 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
10 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 100% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 24% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 5 No
Benefits 75% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 6 No
Education 75% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 75% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 0 No
Trade 80% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 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
62.7%
10% below average
Rank 546 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
370
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
192
51.9% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
178
48.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-16.1 vs Commons average
Rank 332 of 649
Appearances
155
+72.9 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 649
68
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 649
Contributions
181
+38.1 vs Commons average
Rank 154 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
£217,983
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£217,983
4% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
16
7 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Education
43 of 50 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

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