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Blair McDougall vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Blair McDougall
Blair McDougall
Lab East Renfrewshire
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Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Ben Lake voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 270 shared comparable votes.

108 same votes 162 different votes 270 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
21 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 81% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 77% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 70% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 5 No
Migration 67% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
33 Aye 27 No
Tax 27% aligned 60 shared votes
37 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 27% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 2 No
Education 33% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 9 No
Defence 38% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 369 of 650
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 650
437
604 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,612
2,135 eligible divisions
223
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
55.8% of votes cast
214
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.2% of votes cast
14
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

67
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 650
Appearances
76
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 650
350
+198.6 vs Commons average
Rank 51 of 650
Contributions
78
-73.4 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£186,207
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18% below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 90 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 70 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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