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Chris McDonald vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Chris McDonald and Ben Lake voted the same way 38% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

102 same votes 170 different votes 272 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
4 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
18 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 79% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 2 No
Energy 75% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 50% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
37 Aye 25 No
Tax 24% aligned 62 shared votes
34 Aye 28 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 10 No
Benefits 27% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 29% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

77.5%
5% above average
Rank 254 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
457
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
223
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
234
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
12
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

93
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
406
+260.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649
Contributions
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£217,932
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£217,932
4% below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

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