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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 243 shared comparable votes.

194 same votes 49 different votes 243 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

74.9%
3% above average
Rank 313 of 650
Participation
58.3%
14% below average
Rank 586 of 650
1,619
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
368
631 eligible divisions
903
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
200
54.3% of votes cast
716
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
168
45.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
15
4.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-17.4 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 650
Appearances
58
-36.4 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 650
78
-86.5 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 650
Contributions
82
-82.5 vs Commons average
Rank 446 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
£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

Migration
157 of 163 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Benefits
23 of 30 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