The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Ben Lake vs Melanie Onn

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Melanie Onn voted the same way 70% of the time, based on 586 shared comparable votes.

409 same votes 177 different votes 586 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
1 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
67 Aye 40 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 107 shared votes
69 Aye 38 No
12 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 12 No
Trade 89% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 35% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 6 No
Education 45% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
67 Aye 42 No
Tax 52% aligned 109 shared votes
65 Aye 44 No
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 57% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 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
73.9%
1% above average
Rank 335 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
436
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
214
49.1% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
222
50.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 649
Appearances
90
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 649
68
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649
Contributions
113
-30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 295 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
£1,014,663
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£201,216
11% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
1 registered category
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
4 of 4 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Energy
17 of 20 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Tax
94 of 112 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