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Martin McCluskey vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Martin McCluskey and Ben Lake voted the same way 36% of the time, based on 233 shared comparable votes.

84 same votes 149 different votes 233 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
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 83% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 80% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 3 No
Energy 75% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 2 No
Education 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
31 Aye 26 No
Tax 14% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
2 Aye 2 No
Housing 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
23 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 29% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 10 No
Benefits 33% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

77.8 %
5 % above average
Rank 261 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
409
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
210
51.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
199
48.7 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
12
2.9 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

47
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
207
+99.1 vs Commons average
Rank 72 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

£140,697
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£140,697
38 % below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
1
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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 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