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Cat Smith vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Ben Lake voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,239 shared comparable votes.

1,084 same votes 155 different votes 1,239 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
90 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 157 shared votes
90 Aye 67 No
22 Aye 26 No
Trade 100% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
2 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
38 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 59 shared votes
37 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
91 Aye 46 No
Tax 75% aligned 137 shared votes
95 Aye 42 No
31 Aye 23 No
Benefits 76% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 25 No
Defence 76% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
60 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 77% aligned 136 shared votes
63 Aye 73 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 79% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

20
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
26
-119.9 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 649
Contributions
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 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