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Karin Smyth vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Ben Lake voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,204 shared comparable votes.

1,035 same votes 169 different votes 1,204 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
89 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 154 shared votes
89 Aye 65 No
5 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
32 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 77 No
Migration 97% aligned 105 shared votes
27 Aye 78 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 2 No
Education 65% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 4 No
Housing 71% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
26 Aye 23 No
Benefits 71% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
99 Aye 55 No
Tax 72% aligned 154 shared votes
106 Aye 48 No
62 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 78% aligned 138 shared votes
61 Aye 77 No

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

Voting record

72.2 %
1 % below average
Rank 383 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,669
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
942
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
727
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % 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

70
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
205
+97.1 vs Commons average
Rank 76 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

£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29 % 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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Education
81 of 95 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Transport
71 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