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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 1,381 shared comparable votes.

1,191 same votes 190 different votes 1,381 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 106 No
Migration 98% aligned 143 shared votes
38 Aye 105 No
24 Aye 9 No
Energy 97% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 6 No
Education 65% aligned 17 shared votes
15 Aye 2 No
120 Aye 54 No
Tax 73% aligned 174 shared votes
113 Aye 61 No
27 Aye 19 No
Defence 74% aligned 46 shared votes
21 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 296 of 650
Participation
83.9 %
11 % above average
Rank 119 of 650
1,581
2,085 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,963
2,340 eligible divisions
877
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,070
54.5 % of votes cast
704
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
893
45.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
43
2.2 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

61
-6.8 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650
Appearances
196
+128.2 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650
64
-56.4 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
Contributions
236
+115.6 vs Commons average
Rank 68 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
£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
8
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
90 of 95 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Transport
85 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 75 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API