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Ben Lake vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Nick Smith voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 1,228 shared comparable votes.

1,035 same votes 193 different votes 1,228 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
78 Aye 48 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 126 shared votes
78 Aye 48 No
27 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
32 Aye 32 No
Trade 98% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 6 No
Education 65% aligned 17 shared votes
15 Aye 2 No
109 Aye 55 No
Tax 68% aligned 164 shared votes
106 Aye 58 No
30 Aye 21 No
Defence 73% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 23 No
Benefits 75% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 7 No
Housing 76% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 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 292 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
763
42.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
95
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
125
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 244 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
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
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 188 votes
#1
Education
89 of 96 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API