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Ben Lake vs Pat McFadden

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 Pat McFadden
Pat McFadden
Lab Wolverhampton South East

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Pat McFadden voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 1,174 shared comparable votes.

1,072 same votes 102 different votes 1,174 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
95 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 163 shared votes
95 Aye 68 No
33 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 23 No
Benefits 71% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 3 No
Education 82% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
67 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 87% aligned 120 shared votes
55 Aye 65 No
89 Aye 40 No
Tax 88% aligned 129 shared votes
91 Aye 38 No
20 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 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 307 of 650
Participation
65.6%
7% below average
Rank 507 of 650
1,612
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,579
2,406 eligible divisions
900
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4% of votes cast
712
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
672
42.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

77
-14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
Appearances
40
-51.0 vs Commons average
Rank 527 of 650
78
-80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 650
Contributions
360
+201.5 vs Commons average
Rank 50 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
£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£225,631
same as average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
185 of 212 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 189 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 94 votes
Trade
81 of 90 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
68 of 82 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 198 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
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
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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