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Ben Lake vs Jeff 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
Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Jeff Smith voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 1,102 shared comparable votes.

909 same votes 193 different votes 1,102 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
66 Aye 31 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 97 shared votes
66 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
0 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
26 Aye 98 No
Migration 98% aligned 124 shared votes
27 Aye 97 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 5 No
Education 64% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
28 Aye 17 No
Defence 67% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
95 Aye 50 No
Tax 67% aligned 145 shared votes
97 Aye 48 No
26 Aye 23 No
Benefits 67% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 74% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 650
Participation
79.7 %
7 % above average
Rank 210 of 650
1,585
2,089 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,344 eligible divisions
881
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,018
54.5 % of votes cast
704
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
850
45.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

60
-9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650
Appearances
34
-35.8 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 650
63
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 650
Contributions
47
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Trade
79 of 85 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
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