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Dame Siobhain McDonagh vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Dame Siobhain McDonagh and Ben Lake voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 967 shared comparable votes.

822 same votes 145 different votes 967 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
79 Aye 49 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 128 shared votes
79 Aye 49 No
24 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 42 No
Migration 95% aligned 63 shared votes
20 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 2 No
Education 62% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
74 Aye 43 No
Tax 66% aligned 117 shared votes
78 Aye 39 No
8 Aye 8 No
Energy 69% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 7 No
Housing 78% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
60 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 80% aligned 109 shared votes
58 Aye 51 No

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

Voting record

55.2%
17% below average
Rank 606 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,312
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
749
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
563
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
21
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

40
-43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
33
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 566 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

£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£292,669
29% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
9
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

Brexit / EU
147 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Transport
64 of 95 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Education
64 of 96 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
59 of 91 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