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Rachael Maskell vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Rachael Maskell and Ben Lake voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,369 shared comparable votes.

1,184 same votes 185 different votes 1,369 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
93 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
93 Aye 68 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
38 Aye 105 No
Migration 98% aligned 143 shared votes
37 Aye 106 No
23 Aye 10 No
Energy 97% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 2 No
Education 65% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
113 Aye 61 No
Tax 73% aligned 174 shared votes
120 Aye 54 No
13 Aye 8 No
Housing 76% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
73 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 77% aligned 150 shared votes
73 Aye 77 No
21 Aye 20 No
Defence 78% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

84.1 %
11 % above average
Rank 124 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,945
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
1,067
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
878
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
43
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

184
+124.1 vs Commons average
Rank 8 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
225
+117.1 vs Commons average
Rank 59 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

£1,927,153
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£256,869
14 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
2
2 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

Education
90 of 95 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 75 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Transport
81 of 87 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