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Ben Lake vs David Smith

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

Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli
vs
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David Smith
Lab North Northumberland

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and David Smith voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 236 shared comparable votes.

95 same votes 141 different votes 236 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
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 84% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 20% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 4 No
Defence 21% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Housing 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
29 Aye 15 No
Tax 27% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
Participation
69.7 %
3 % below average
Rank 436 of 649
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
401
575 eligible divisions
892
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
201
50.1 % of votes cast
708
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
200
49.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
14
3.5 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Appearances
72
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 649
68
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 649
Contributions
95
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 332 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£182,965
19 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
2
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
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