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Joani Reid vs Ben Lake

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

Photograph of Joani Reid
Joani Reid
Lab East Kilbride and Strathaven
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Photograph of Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Joani Reid and Ben Lake voted the same way 38% of the time, based on 198 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 122 different votes 198 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
8 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 2 No
Education 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 5 No
Transport 44% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
30 Aye 22 No
Tax 25% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 11 No
Defence 27% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 11 No
Benefits 33% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

57.6%
15% below average
Rank 591 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
340
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
147
43.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
193
56.8% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

10
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 621 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
12
-133.9 vs Commons average
Rank 622 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

£199,569
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£199,569
12% below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
7
5 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

Housing
30 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Tax
79 of 112 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Transport
20 of 29 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
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms 24 Feb 2026
Education
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
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