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Ben Lake vs Jim McMahon

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 Jim McMahon
Jim McMahon
Lab Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Jim McMahon voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,216 shared comparable votes.

1,041 same votes 175 different votes 1,216 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
89 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 149 shared votes
89 Aye 60 No
25 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 6 No
Education 69% aligned 16 shared votes
15 Aye 1 No
28 Aye 22 No
Benefits 70% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 19 No
Defence 73% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 74% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
113 Aye 44 No
Tax 75% aligned 157 shared votes
101 Aye 56 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
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
952
55.9% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
752
44.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
10 years, 9 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
87
+5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
125
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 246 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
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
64 of 69 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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