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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.


Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Ben Lake voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 1,323 shared comparable votes.

1,167 same votes 156 different votes 1,323 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 106 No
Migration 99% aligned 142 shared votes
35 Aye 107 No
34 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
112 Aye 55 No
Tax 72% aligned 167 shared votes
111 Aye 56 No
65 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 79% aligned 143 shared votes
63 Aye 80 No
23 Aye 25 No
Defence 79% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 80% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 5 No
Education 82% aligned 17 shared votes
11 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 234 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,829
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
1,003
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
826
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

87
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
118
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 174 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

£2,684,777
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
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

Defence
54 of 59 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API