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Kerry McCarthy vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Ben Lake voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,293 shared comparable votes.

1,127 same votes 166 different votes 1,293 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
95 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 164 shared votes
95 Aye 69 No
19 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 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
Most different by topic
15 Aye 1 No
Education 63% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
108 Aye 53 No
Tax 71% aligned 161 shared votes
105 Aye 56 No
33 Aye 24 No
Benefits 72% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 75% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 23 No
Defence 80% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

78.7 %
5 % above average
Rank 243 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,820
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
1,031
56.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
789
43.4 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
6
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

41
-18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
60
-47.9 vs Commons average
Rank 397 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

£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
0
0 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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Education
83 of 95 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