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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 1,194 shared comparable votes.

1,027 same votes 167 different votes 1,194 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
22 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
16 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 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
24 Aye 19 No
Defence 72% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 74% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
110 Aye 44 No
Tax 76% aligned 154 shared votes
101 Aye 53 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 296 of 650
Participation
71.6 %
1 % below average
Rank 394 of 650
1,581
2,085 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,340 eligible divisions
877
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
940
56.1 % of votes cast
704
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
735
43.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
10 years, 6 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

61
-6.8 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650
Appearances
72
+4.2 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 650
64
-56.4 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
Contributions
118
-2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 208 of 650

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
4
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
155 of 161 votes
#2
Housing
55 of 66 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Education
79 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
137 of 169 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
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