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Alison McGovern vs Ben Goldsborough

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


Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Ben Goldsborough voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 361 shared comparable votes.

357 same votes 4 different votes 361 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
36 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
36 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
36 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

70.3%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 650
Participation
84.8%
12% above average
Rank 96 of 650
1,700
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
535
631 eligible divisions
941
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
262
49.0% of votes cast
759
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
273
51.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 650
Appearances
91
-3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650
570
+405.5 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 650
Contributions
159
-5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£162,821
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34% above average
Latest expenses
£162,821
28% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
174 of 212 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
64 of 66 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API