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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 226 shared comparable votes.

180 same votes 46 different votes 226 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
25 Aye 27 No
Tax 88% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 85% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 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
11 Aye 8 No
Defence 74% aligned 19 shared votes
12 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

75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 293 of 650
Participation
59.0 %
14 % below average
Rank 583 of 650
1,590
2,094 eligible divisions
Total votes
332
563 eligible divisions
886
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
176
53.0 % of votes cast
704
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
156
47.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
12
3.6 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650
Appearances
50
-21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 650
65
-61.2 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 650
Contributions
70
-56.2 vs Commons average
Rank 399 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
£194,347
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£194,347
14 % 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
155 of 161 votes
#2
Trade
79 of 85 votes
#3
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API