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Ben Lake vs Laura Kyrke-Smith

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Laura Kyrke-Smith voted the same way 41% of the time, based on 302 shared comparable votes.

123 same votes 179 different votes 302 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
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 29 shared votes
26 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 2 No
Energy 89% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 75% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
Housing 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
37 Aye 23 No
Tax 25% aligned 60 shared votes
34 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 29% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 38% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 9 No
Defence 38% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 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
88.2 %
15 % above average
Rank 44 of 649
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
507
575 eligible divisions
892
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
255
50.3 % of votes cast
708
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
252
49.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % 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
91
+13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
68
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 649
Contributions
107
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 282 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
£198,951
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£198,951
12 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API