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Ben Lake vs John McDonnell

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 John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and John McDonnell voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 1,334 shared comparable votes.

1,171 same votes 163 different votes 1,334 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
90 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 158 shared votes
90 Aye 68 No
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
35 Aye 107 No
Migration 99% aligned 142 shared votes
36 Aye 106 No
33 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 57 shared votes
34 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
111 Aye 56 No
Tax 72% aligned 167 shared votes
112 Aye 55 No
30 Aye 23 No
Defence 75% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
63 Aye 80 No
Crime / Justice 79% aligned 143 shared votes
65 Aye 78 No
14 Aye 6 No
Housing 80% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 6 No
Education 82% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 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 297 of 650
Participation
78.9 %
6 % above average
Rank 228 of 650
1,579
2,082 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,844
2,337 eligible divisions
877
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,005
54.5 % of votes cast
702
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
839
45.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

62
-5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
92
+24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 650
65
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 650
Contributions
125
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 189 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
63 of 69 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Migration
151 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
60 of 68 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: 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
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
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
No
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
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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