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Jeff Smith vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Ben Lake voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 1,079 shared comparable votes.

896 same votes 183 different votes 1,079 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
66 Aye 31 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 97 shared votes
66 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
0 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
27 Aye 97 No
Migration 98% aligned 124 shared votes
26 Aye 98 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 1 No
Education 64% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
97 Aye 48 No
Tax 67% aligned 145 shared votes
95 Aye 50 No
26 Aye 23 No
Benefits 67% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 17 No
Defence 72% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 74% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

79.5 %
6 % above average
Rank 228 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,837
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
1,009
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
828
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % 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

16
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
21
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 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

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26 % 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
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

Housing
61 of 66 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 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