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Ben Lake vs Steve Reed

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


Voting alignment

Ben Lake and Steve Reed voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 1,040 shared comparable votes.

942 same votes 98 different votes 1,040 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
93 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 158 shared votes
93 Aye 65 No
26 Aye 71 No
Migration 100% aligned 97 shared votes
26 Aye 71 No
8 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
104 Aye 43 No
Tax 76% aligned 147 shared votes
98 Aye 49 No
25 Aye 16 No
Benefits 80% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 2 No
Education 82% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
21 Aye 13 No
Defence 85% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
50 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 87% aligned 106 shared votes
60 Aye 46 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 297 of 647
Participation
62.2 %
11 % below average
Rank 556 of 647
1,575
2,078 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,450
2,333 eligible divisions
874
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
854
58.9 % of votes cast
701
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
596
41.1 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
13 years, 6 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

60
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Appearances
50
-16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
63
-55.0 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
402
+284.0 vs Commons average
Rank 24 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
£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
£250,650
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,477
30 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Migration
155 of 161 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
65 of 88 votes
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes
#5
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API