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John McDonnell vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington
vs
Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Ben Lake voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 1,354 shared comparable votes.

1,187 same votes 167 different votes 1,354 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
90 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 158 shared votes
90 Aye 68 No
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
36 Aye 108 No
Migration 99% aligned 144 shared votes
35 Aye 109 No
34 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
112 Aye 58 No
Tax 71% aligned 170 shared votes
114 Aye 56 No
24 Aye 31 No
Defence 76% aligned 55 shared votes
31 Aye 24 No
65 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 79% aligned 143 shared votes
63 Aye 80 No
20 Aye 28 No
Transport 79% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 80% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 222 of 649
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
1,017
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
55.7 % of votes cast
850
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
708
44.3 % of votes cast
24
1.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

115
+37.1 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 650
Appearances
66
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
146
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650
Contributions
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
6
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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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