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Ben Lake vs James McMurdock

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and James McMurdock voted the same way 51% of the time, based on 156 shared comparable votes.

80 same votes 76 different votes 156 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
2 Aye 2 No
Housing 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
25 Aye 22 No
Tax 70% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No
5 Aye 1 No
Transport 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Benefits 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
13 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 62% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 5 No
Migration 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 3 No
Defence 38% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 44% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 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
41.4%
31% below average
Rank 632 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
244
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
119
48.8% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
125
51.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
Appearances
28
-55.7 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 649
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649
Contributions
33
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 567 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
£171,670
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£171,670
24% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Energy
14 of 20 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Migration
9 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Tax
71 of 112 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Housing
19 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API