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Ben Lake vs Greg Smith

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Greg Smith voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 1,098 shared comparable votes.

145 same votes 953 different votes 1,098 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
5 Aye 6 No
Education 45% aligned 11 shared votes
1 Aye 10 No
91 Aye 49 No
Tax 37% aligned 140 shared votes
47 Aye 93 No
13 Aye 19 No
Transport 19% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
72 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 18% aligned 147 shared votes
76 Aye 71 No
30 Aye 25 No
Defence 18% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 108 No
Migration 0% aligned 146 shared votes
108 Aye 38 No
26 Aye 33 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 59 shared votes
33 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

75.8%
3% above average
Rank 291 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
1,605
2,117 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,467
1,654 eligible divisions
895
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
716
48.8% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
751
51.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

66
-14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 649
Appearances
204
+123.4 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 649
68
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
Contributions
242
+101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 92 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
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API