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Shabana Mahmood vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmood
Lab Birmingham Ladywood
vs
Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Ben Lake voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 972 shared comparable votes.

907 same votes 65 different votes 972 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
20 Aye 77 No
Migration 100% aligned 97 shared votes
20 Aye 77 No
33 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 50 shared votes
33 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 8 No
Housing 69% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 11 No
Benefits 80% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
80 Aye 34 No
Tax 84% aligned 114 shared votes
78 Aye 36 No
13 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 87% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 91% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

54.1 %
19 % below average
Rank 610 of 647
Participation
75.8 %
3 % above average
Rank 300 of 647
1,257
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,568
2,068 eligible divisions
725
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
869
55.4 % of votes cast
532
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
699
44.6 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

48
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 647
Appearances
50
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 647
640
+526.2 vs Commons average
Rank 6 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

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
4
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Trade
58 of 88 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
29 of 45 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
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 311 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Aye
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 4 Sep 2025
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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