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Melanie Onn vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Melanie Onn and Ben Lake voted the same way 70% of the time, based on 586 shared comparable votes.

409 same votes 177 different votes 586 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
1 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
69 Aye 38 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 107 shared votes
67 Aye 40 No
13 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 15 No
Trade 89% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 16 No
Defence 35% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 2 No
Education 45% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
65 Aye 44 No
Tax 52% aligned 109 shared votes
67 Aye 42 No
4 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 57% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

73.9%
1% above average
Rank 335 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
436
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
214
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
222
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

91
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 650
Appearances
67
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650
114
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 650
Contributions
69
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,014,663
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£201,216
11% below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
6
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Energy
17 of 20 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Tax
94 of 112 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API