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Catherine McKinnell vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Catherine McKinnell and Ben Lake voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 1,151 shared comparable votes.

1,032 same votes 119 different votes 1,151 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
89 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 152 shared votes
89 Aye 63 No
33 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
99 Aye 50 No
Tax 72% aligned 149 shared votes
105 Aye 44 No
11 Aye 4 No
Housing 73% aligned 15 shared votes
13 Aye 2 No
25 Aye 20 No
Benefits 82% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 16 No
Defence 83% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 85% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

68.4 %
5 % below average
Rank 470 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,582
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
872
55.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
710
44.9 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
16
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

25
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 534 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
50
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 648
Contributions
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£312,180
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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

Work / Employment
63 of 75 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Housing
53 of 66 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
69 of 88 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API