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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 88% of the time, based on 1,207 shared comparable votes.

1,065 same votes 142 different votes 1,207 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
19 Aye 26 No
Trade 100% aligned 45 shared votes
19 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
31 Aye 23 No
Benefits 76% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
91 Aye 43 No
Tax 77% aligned 134 shared votes
92 Aye 42 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
20 Aye 16 No
Defence 83% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

72.7 %
1 % below average
Rank 371 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,681
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
915
54.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
766
45.6 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

22
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 553 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
30
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 543 of 648
Contributions
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 648

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
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Migration
145 of 169 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Transport
73 of 87 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

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