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Ellie Reeves vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Ellie Reeves
Ellie Reeves
Lab Lewisham West and East Dulwich
vs
Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Ellie Reeves and Ben Lake voted the same way 89% of the time, based on 1,156 shared comparable votes.

1,026 same votes 130 different votes 1,156 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
94 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 159 shared votes
94 Aye 65 No
26 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 7 No
Housing 71% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 22 No
Defence 74% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
93 Aye 41 No
Tax 75% aligned 134 shared votes
91 Aye 43 No
26 Aye 14 No
Benefits 78% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
62 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 82% aligned 130 shared votes
67 Aye 63 No

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

Voting record

67.0%
6% below average
Rank 478 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,421
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
787
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
634
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

47
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
240
+94.1 vs Commons average
Rank 99 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

£1,716,212
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£244,057
8% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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

Migration
142 of 163 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 44 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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