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Ben Lake vs James MacCleary

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and James MacCleary voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 237 shared comparable votes.

195 same votes 42 different votes 237 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
9 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 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
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 36% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
2 Aye 5 No
Education 71% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 7 No
Defence 74% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 8 No
Benefits 81% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 4 No
Transport 83% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 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
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 561 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
364
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
189
51.9% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
175
48.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% 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
92
+9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 649
68
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 649
Contributions
101
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 326 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
£188,021
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£188,021
17% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Education
36 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API