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Ben Lake vs Mr Angus MacDonald

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Mr Angus MacDonald voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 239 shared comparable votes.

190 same votes 49 different votes 239 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
9 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
Migration 100% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 90% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
25 Aye 27 No
Tax 88% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 32% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
12 Aye 8 No
Defence 75% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 9 No
Benefits 80% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 3 No
Transport 83% aligned 12 shared votes
11 Aye 1 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
59.5%
13% below average
Rank 578 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
351
590 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
187
53.3% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
164
46.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
15
4.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-15.8 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 649
Appearances
55
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 649
68
-74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 649
Contributions
77
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 407 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
£196,056
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£196,056
13% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

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