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Ben Lake vs Rachael Maskell

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Rachael Maskell voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,405 shared comparable votes.

1,208 same votes 197 different votes 1,405 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
93 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
93 Aye 68 No
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
37 Aye 108 No
Migration 98% aligned 145 shared votes
38 Aye 107 No
16 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 6 No
Education 65% aligned 17 shared votes
15 Aye 2 No
123 Aye 54 No
Tax 72% aligned 177 shared votes
113 Aye 64 No
28 Aye 19 No
Defence 74% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 7 No
Housing 76% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
73 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 77% aligned 150 shared votes
73 Aye 77 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
84.0%
11% above average
Rank 113 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,995
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,083
54.3% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
912
45.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
47
2.4% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
251
+169.3 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
305
+162.7 vs Commons average
Rank 55 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
£1,927,153
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£256,869
14% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
Education
91 of 96 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
89 of 95 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

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