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Jim McMahon vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Ben Lake voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,179 shared comparable votes.

1,020 same votes 159 different votes 1,179 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 60 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 149 shared votes
89 Aye 60 No
22 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
16 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 1 No
Education 69% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
29 Aye 21 No
Benefits 70% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 74% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
101 Aye 53 No
Tax 76% aligned 154 shared votes
110 Aye 44 No
20 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 76% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

71.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 403 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,653
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
936
56.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
717
43.4 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
10 years, 6 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

58
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
108
+0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 200 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

£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
4
3 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

Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Housing
55 of 66 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Education
79 of 95 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Migration
137 of 169 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 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