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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 85% of the time, based on 1,243 shared comparable votes.
1,059 same votes
184 different votes
1,243 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
72.6%
same as average
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Debates
107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
411
+265.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
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
2
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API