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Steve Reed vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Steve Reed and Ben Lake voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 1,040 shared comparable votes.

942 same votes 98 different votes 1,040 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
93 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 158 shared votes
93 Aye 65 No
26 Aye 71 No
Migration 100% aligned 97 shared votes
26 Aye 71 No
8 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
98 Aye 49 No
Tax 76% aligned 147 shared votes
104 Aye 43 No
23 Aye 18 No
Benefits 80% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 2 No
Education 82% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
20 Aye 14 No
Defence 85% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
60 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 87% aligned 106 shared votes
50 Aye 56 No

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

Voting record

62.4 %
11 % below average
Rank 553 of 647
Participation
75.8 %
3 % above average
Rank 300 of 647
1,450
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,568
2,068 eligible divisions
854
58.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
869
55.4 % of votes cast
596
41.1 % of votes cast
No votes
699
44.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
13 years, 6 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

40
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 647
Appearances
50
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 647
350
+236.2 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 647
Contributions
53
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£293,477
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
4
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

Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Trade
65 of 88 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 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