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Mary Creagh vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Mary Creagh
Mary Creagh
Lab Coventry East
vs
Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Mary Creagh and Ben Lake voted the same way 74% of the time, based on 507 shared comparable votes.

376 same votes 131 different votes 507 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
74 Aye 42 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 116 shared votes
74 Aye 42 No
10 Aye 12 No
Trade 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 8 No
Defence 22% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Education 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 42% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
29 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 52% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

65.2 %
8 % below average
Rank 515 of 647
Participation
75.8 %
3 % above average
Rank 300 of 647
350
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,568
2,068 eligible divisions
188
53.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
869
55.4 % of votes cast
162
46.3 % of votes cast
No votes
699
44.6 % of votes cast
12
3.4 % 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

40
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 647
Appearances
50
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 647
88
-25.8 vs Commons average
Rank 286 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

£1,742,497
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£173,551
23 % below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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
29 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Work / Employment
30 of 37 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Tax
76 of 108 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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
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
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
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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