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Kevin McKenna vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Kevin McKenna
Kevin McKenna
Lab Sittingbourne and Sheppey
vs
Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Kevin McKenna and Ben Lake voted the same way 38% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

107 same votes 173 different votes 280 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
5 Aye 2 No
Energy 86% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
22 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 82% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
35 Aye 29 No
Tax 25% aligned 64 shared votes
39 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 30% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
5 Aye 10 No
Defence 33% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

88.5 %
15 % above average
Rank 48 of 647
Participation
75.8 %
3 % above average
Rank 300 of 647
475
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,568
2,068 eligible divisions
246
51.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
869
55.4 % of votes cast
229
48.2 % of votes cast
No votes
699
44.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

27
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 647
Appearances
50
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 647
31
-82.8 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 647
Contributions
53
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£177,255
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£177,255
22 % below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
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