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Ben Lake vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 1,352 shared comparable votes.

147 same votes 1,205 different votes 1,352 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
7 Aye 7 No
Education 36% aligned 14 shared votes
2 Aye 12 No
105 Aye 54 No
Tax 25% aligned 159 shared votes
48 Aye 111 No
13 Aye 7 No
Housing 20% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
27 Aye 23 No
Defence 18% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
79 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 16% aligned 158 shared votes
82 Aye 76 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 1 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
34 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 2% aligned 57 shared votes
22 Aye 35 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
897
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
710
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

66
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
98
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
68
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
172
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 164 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
208 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
81 of 87 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API